Published May 1, 2024
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Journal article
Tolman-Ehrenfest effect for an ideal gas in a background of time-independent electric, magnetic, and gravitational fields
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315, USA
Description
The statistical mechanics of an ideal gas of point particles moving in a time independent background metric with is investigated. An explicit calculation shows that when there is no background electrostatic or magnetostatic field the thermodynamic pressure, energy density, and thermally averaged energy-momentum tensor depend on temperature and chemical potential only through the ratios and . A background magnetostatic field does not change this, however with a background electrostatic field the previous results are multiplied by a factor , which is an exception to the strict Tolman-Ehrenfest rule because the system is open.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review D
- Journal Volume
- 109
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- 11 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1089-4918
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- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY DENSITY; GASES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METRICS; POTENTIALS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TENSORS; TEST PARTICLES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS
- Descriptors DEC
- EQUILIBRIUM; FIELD THEORIES; FLUIDS; MECHANICS; RELATIVITY THEORY
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- Copyright
- © 2024 American Physical Society
- Notes
- Contact Email: hweldon@WVU.edu; Record automatically processed