Relativistic Heat Flux for a Single Component Charged Fluid in the Presence of an Electromagnetic Field

Abstract

Transport properties in gases are significantly affected by temperature. In previous works it has been shown that when the thermal agitation in a gas is high enough, such that relativistic effects become relevant, heat dissipation is driven not solely by a temperature gradient but also by other vector forces

Thermoelectric and Thermomagnetic Effects in Kaluza’s Kinetic Theory

“…which is similar to the corresponding expression established in Ref. [12] by using special relativistic arguments. However, in the present case the contribution does not vanish in the low temperature limit and thus Eq.…”

“…(32) in [15] and Eq. (43) in [12]). Indeed the coefficient here obtained is independent of the speed of light in the low temperature limit.…”

“…(9) considering the Jüttner distribution given in Eq. (12), leads to the following equilibrium particle and energy-momentum tensor:…”