Relaxation Time Approximation for a multi-species relativistic gas
Abstract
We generalize a recent prescription for the relaxation time approximation for the relativistic Boltzmann equation for systems with multiple particle species at finite temperature. This is performed by adding counter-terms to the traditional Anderson-Witting ansatz for each particle species. Our approach allows for the use of momentum-dependent relaxation times and the obedience of local conservation laws regardless of the definition of the local equilibrium state. As an application, we derive the first order Chapman-Enskog corrections to the equilibrium distribution and display results for the hadron-resonance gas. We also demonstrate that our collision term ansatz obeys the second law of thermodynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2505.14823,
title = {Relaxation Time Approximation for a multi-species relativistic gas},
author = {Gabriel S. Rocha and Gabriel S. Denicol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.14823},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
20 pages, 1 figure -- v2: matches published version