Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
General relativistic Boltzmann equation, II: Manifestly covariant treatment |
| Authors: |
Debbasch, F.1 fabrice.debbasch@gmail.com, van Leeuwen, W.A.2 |
| Source: |
Physica A. May2009, Vol. 388 Issue 9, p1818-1834. 17p. |
| Subjects: |
Transport theory, General relativity (Physics), Distribution (Probability theory), Statistical physics, Mathematical statistics |
| Abstract: |
Abstract: In a preceding article we presented a general relativistic treatment of the derivation of the Boltzmann equation. The four-momenta occurring in this formalism were all on-shell four-momenta, verifying the mass-shell restriction . Due to this restriction, the resulting Boltzmann equation, although covariant, turned out to be not manifestly covariant. In the present article we switch from mass-shell momenta to off-shell momenta, and thereby arrive at a Boltzmann equation that is manifestly covariant. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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| Database: |
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