<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We consider an application of the tetrad formalism introduced by Cardall et al. [Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 023011] to the problem of a rigidly rotating relativistic gas in thermal equilibrium and discuss the possible applications of this formalism to rel- ativistic lattice Boltzmann simulations. We present in detail the transformation to the comoving frame, the choice of tetrad, as well as the explicit calculation and analysis of the components of the equilibrium particle ow four-vector and of the equilibrium stress-energy tensor.</p></abstract>

We consider an application of the tetrad formalism introduced by Cardall et al. [Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 023011] to the problem of a rigidly rotating relativistic gas in thermal equilibrium and discuss the possible applications of this formalism to rel- ativistic lattice Boltzmann simulations. We present in detail the transformation to the comoving frame, the choice of tetrad, as well as the explicit calculation and analysis of the components of the equilibrium particle ow four-vector and of the equilibrium stress-energy tensor.

Relativistic Rotating Boltzmann Gas Using the Tetrad Formalism

Department of Physics, West University of Timisoara Bd. Vasile Pârvan 4, Timisoara 300223, Romania

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We consider an application of the tetrad formalism introduced by Cardall et al. [Phys. Rev. D 88 (2013) 023011] to the problem of a rigidly rotating...

Relativistic Rotating Boltzmann Gas Using the Tetrad Formalism

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 89 - 108

Received: Nov 30, 2015

Accepted: Dec 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0211

Keywords
Relativistic Boltzmann equation, tetrad formalism, rotating relativistic gas

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Relativistic Rotating Boltzmann Gas Using the Tetrad Formalism

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 89 - 108

Received: Nov 30, 2015

Accepted: Dec 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0211

KeywordsRelativistic Boltzmann equation, tetrad formalism, rotating relativistic gas

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Relativistic Boltzmann equation, tetrad formalism, rotating relativistic gas