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Hakim Rémi <1936-> |
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Introduction to relativistic statistical mechanics [[electronic resource] ] : classical and quantum / / Rémi Hakim |
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Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011 |
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1-283-23472-6 |
9786613234728 |
981-4322-45-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (567 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Statistical mechanics |
Relativistic quantum theory |
Relativistic kinematics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-528) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Notations and Conventions; Introduction; 1. The One-Particle Relativistic Distribution Function; 1.1 The One-Particle Relativistic Distribution Function; 1.1.1 The phase space "volume element"; 1.2 The Juttner-Synge Equilibrium Distribution; 1.2.1 Thermodynamics of the Juttner-Synge gas; 1.2.2 Thermal velocity; 1.2.3 Moments of the Juttner-Synge function; 1.2.4 Orthogonal polynomials; 1.2.5 Zeromass particles; 1.3 From the Microcanonical Distribution to the Juttner-Synge One; 1.4 Equilibrium Fluctuations; 1.5 One-Particle Liouville Theorem |
1.5.1 Relativistic Liouville equation from the Hamiltonian equations of motion1.5.2 Conditions for the Juttner-Synge functions to be an equilibrium; 1.6 The Relativistic Rotating Gas; 2. Relativistic Kinetic Theory and the BGK Equation; 2.1 Relativistic Hydrodynamics; 2.1.1 Sound velocity; 2.1.2 The Eckart approach; 2.1.3 The Landau-Lifschitz approach; 2.2 The Relaxation Time Approximation; 2.3 The Relativistic Kinetic Theory Approach to Hydrodynamics; 2.4 The Static Conductivity Tensor; 2.5 Approximation Methods for the Relativistic Boltzmann Equation and Other Kinetic Equations |
2.5.1 A simple Chapman-Enskog approximation2.6 Transport |
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