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- If hard balls start colliding in such a way that most of them have velocities near c, is it possible to speak of a thermal state in the Maxwell- Bolstzmann sense?
Hi All,
Considering a set of many many small hard balls which start colliding inside a box. The velocities of these balls being mostly greater than c/2. Is it possible, in this case, to speak of convergence to a thermal state in the same sense of ordinary thermodynamics (i.e., using Maxwell-Bolzmann distribution)?
Are there any relativistic corrections for different observers?
Best Regards,
DaTario
Considering a set of many many small hard balls which start colliding inside a box. The velocities of these balls being mostly greater than c/2. Is it possible, in this case, to speak of convergence to a thermal state in the same sense of ordinary thermodynamics (i.e., using Maxwell-Bolzmann distribution)?
Are there any relativistic corrections for different observers?
Best Regards,
DaTario