Kinetic equilibrium and relativistic thermodynamics
arXiv:1102.0323 · doi:10.1051/epjconf/20111307004
Abstract
Relativistic thermodynamics is treated from the point of view of kinetic theory. It is shown that the generalized Jüttner distribution suggested in [1] is compatible with kinetic equilibrium. The requirement of compatibility of kinetic and thermodynamic equilibrium reveals several generalizations of the Gibbs relation where the velocity field is an independent thermodynamic variable.
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