Formulation of the relativistic heat equation and the relativistic kinetic Fokker-Planck equations using GENERIC

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Abstract

In this paper, we formulate the relativistic heat equation and the relativistic kinetic Fokker–Planck equations into the GENERIC (General Equation for Non-Equilibrium Reversible–Irreversible Coupling) framework. We also show that the relativistic Maxwellian distribution is the stationary solution of the latter. The GENERIC formulation provides an alternative justification that the two equations are meaningful relativistic generalizations of their non-relativistic counterparts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)34-43
Number of pages10
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume439
Early online date18 Jul 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

  • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
  • GENERIC
  • Relativistic heat equation
  • Relativistic kinetic Fokker–Planck equation

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