Note on the relativistic reaction rate coefficient

G.M. Kremer

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2007, vol. 380, issue C, 61-65

Abstract: The first approximation to the reaction rate coefficient is determined by considering the equilibrium Maxwell–Jüttner distribution function and relativistic reactive differential cross-sections which take into account the activation energy of the chemical reaction. It is shown how the reaction rate coefficient behaves as a function of the activation energy when the mixture evolves with respect to the ratio of the rest energy and the thermal energy of the relativistic mixture.

Keywords: Relativistic Boltzmann equation; Chemical reactions; Reaction rate coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.03.006

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