Introductory Material for Relativistic Boltzmann Equation

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I’m searching for an introduction to relativistic Boltzmann equation. (Sorry, I know this is a question about learning material)

I’ve read an excellent script from David Tong about non-relativistic kinetic theory (from Liouville to Navier-Stokes using Boltzmann equation (see link below).

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/kintheory/two.pdf

I was wandering if there is something similar for the relativistic case (as beautifully explained as in Tong’s script)
 
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C.f. section 3.6: http://www.pma.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2011/1103.1.K.pdf
 
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Thank you! I've just skimmed it, but it's exactly what I was looking for.
Happy new year!
 
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