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Three Views of a Secret in Relativistic Thermodynamics

General Physics 2012-10-03 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

It has been shown three different views in relativistic thermodynamics can be derived from the basic formulation proposed by van Kampen and Israel. The way to decompose energy-momentum into the reversible and irreversible parts is not uniquely determined, and different choices result in different views. The effect of difference in the definition of a finite volume is also considered.

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@article{arxiv.0812.3725,
  title  = {Three Views of a Secret in Relativistic Thermodynamics},
  author = {Tadas K. Nakamura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.3725},
  year   = {2012}
}

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