Published December 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Relativistic thermodynamics with an invariant energy scale

  • 1. Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T.Road, Kolkata 700108 (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of North Bengal Siliguri, 734013, West Bengal (India)

Description

A particular framework for quantum gravity is the doubly special relativity (DSR) formalism that introduces a new observer independent scale, the Planck energy. Our aim in this paper is to study the effects of this energy upper bound in relativistic thermodynamics. We have explicitly computed the modified equation of state for an ideal fluid in the DSR framework. In deriving our result we exploited the scheme of treating DSR as a nonlinear representation of the Lorentz group in special relativity.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 125036-125036.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41060120
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EQUATIONS OF STATE; LORENTZ GROUPS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RELATIVITY THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; POINCARE GROUPS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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