Benedicks effect in a relativistic simple fluid
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2013-07-24 v1
Abstract
According to standard thermophysical theories, cross effects are mostly present in multicomponent systems. In this paper we show that for relativistic fluids an electric field generates a heat flux even in the single component case. In the non-relativistic limit the effect vanishes and Fourier's law is recovered. This result is novel and may have applications in the transport properties of very hot plasmas.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1302.0242,
title = {Benedicks effect in a relativistic simple fluid},
author = {A. L. Garcia-Perciante and A. Sandoval-Villalbazo and L. S. Garcia-Colin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0242},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Paper submitted to the Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics