Published July 15, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Gravitational acceleration of relativistic particles at finite temperature

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Universita, Corso M.D'Azeglio 46, 10125 Torino, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Italy

Description

Starting from the explicit expression of a generalized energy-momentum tensor, representing the effective source of gravity at finite temperature, it is shown that, in the case of a weak, static field and in the low-temperature limit, the thermal corrections to the gravitational acceleration of a relativistic test particle do not depend on its kinetic energy, and that the only effect is a constant, mass-dependent shift of the gravitational to inertial mass ratio, just as in the case, previously discussed, of nonrelativistic test bodies

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
617-619
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA