Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2006-11-29
Eur. Phys. J. B 54, 499 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
7 pages; to be published in EPJB
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjb/e2007-00029-3
We have investigated the proof of the $H$ theorem within a manifestly covariant approach by considering the relativistic statistical theory developed in [G. Kaniadakis, Phy. Rev. E {\bf 66}, 056125, 2002; {\it ibid.} {\bf 72}, 036108, 2005]. As it happens in the nonrelativistic limit, the molecular chaos hypothesis is slightly extended within the Kaniadakis formalism. It is shown that the collisional equilibrium states (null entropy source term) are described by a $\kappa$ power law generalization of the exponential Juttner distribution, e.g., $f(x,p)\propto (\sqrt{1+ \kappa^2\theta^2}+\kappa\theta)^{1/\kappa}\equiv\exp_\kappa\theta$, with $\theta=\alpha(x)+\beta_\mu p^\mu$, where $\alpha(x)$ is a scalar, $\beta_\mu$ is a four-vector, and $p^\mu$ is the four-momentum. As a simple example, we calculate the relativistic $\kappa$ power law for a dilute charged gas under the action of an electromagnetic field $F^{\mu\nu}$. All standard results are readly recovered in the particular limit $\kappa\to 0$.
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