This study is the continuation of the computer experiment [1] with particles of gas in a one-dimensional tube, described earlier. In this paper we give investigation results for the statistical properties of a relativistic gas in a one-dimensional tube. It is shown that this system reaches the state of thermodynamical equilibrium whose distribution function is determined by the relativistic energy of particles. The system of particles in a one-dimensional tube is described by analogy with the billiards in a polygon.
Keywords:
relativistic gas, thermodynamical equilibrium, gas in a one-dimensional tube, Boltzmann distribution
Citation:
Vaskin V. V., Erdakova N. N., Statistical mechanics of relativistic gas in a one-dimensional tube, Rus. J. Nonlin. Dyn.,
2009, Vol. 5, No. 4,
pp. 561-567
DOI:10.20537/nd0904008