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The Coulomb barrier is in general much higher than thermal energy. Nuclear fusion reactions occur only among few protons and nuclei with higher relative energies than Coulomb barrier. It is the equilibrium velocity distribution of these…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

We discuss the superluminal problem in the diffusion of ultra high energy protons with energy losses taken into account. The phenomenological solution of this problem is found with help of the generalized J\"uttner propagator, originally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-30 R. Aloisio , V. Berezinsky , A. Gazizov

High energy infers high velocity and high velocity is a concept of special relativity. The Maxwellian velocity distribution is corrected to be consistent with special relativity. The corrected velocity distribution reduces to the Maxwellian…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

In this paper we will show that, because of the long-range microscopic memory of the random force, acting in the solar core, mainly on the electrons and the protons than on the light and heavy ions (or, equally, because of anomalous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 G. Kaniadakis , A. Lavagno , P. Quarati

A mixture of relativistic gases of non-disparate rest masses in a Schwarzschild metric is studied on the basis of a relativistic Boltzmann equation in the presence of gravitational fields. A BGK-type model equation of the collision operator…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-15 Gilberto M. Kremer

Numerical solutions of the Enskog-Vlasov (EV) equation are used to determine the velocity distribution function of atoms spontaneously evaporating into near-vacuum conditions. It is found that an accurate approximation is provided by a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-03-15 Sergiu Busuioc , Livio Gibelli , Duncan A. Lockerby , James E. Sprittles

The isotropic Maxwell-Boltzmann (M-B) velocity distribution is the accepted standard for a gas at thermal equilibrium, with the Doppler width considered to deliver a very precise measurement of the temperature. Nevertheless, the physical…

Needed for cosmological and stellar nucleosynthesis, we are studying the closed-form analytic evaluation of thermonuclear reaction rates. In this context, we undertake a comprehensive analysis of three distinct velocity distributions,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-21 Hans J. Haubold , Dilip Kumar , Ashik A. Kabeer

High energy infers high velocity and high velocity is a concept of special relativity. The Maxwellian velocity distribution is corrected to be consistent with special relativity. The corrected distribution reduces to the Maxwellian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

We investigate how the proton distribution function evolves when the protons undergo stochastic heating by strong, low-frequency, Alfv\'en-wave turbulence under the assumption that $\beta$ is small. We apply our analysis to protons…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 Kristopher G. Klein , Benjamin D. G. Chandran

Following the original approach of Maxwell-Boltzmann(MB), we derive a 4-velocity distribution function for the relativistic ideal gas. This distribution function perfectly reduces to original MB distribution in the non-relativistic limit.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Prasad Basu , Soumen Mondal

Molecular dynamics simulations of a three dimensional relativistic gas with a soft potential are conducted with different interactions and particle masses. For all cases the velocity distribution agrees numerically with the J\"uttner…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-07 Noah Kubli , Hans J. Herrmann

Within the framework of the post-Newtonian $2\frac12$ approximation theory, a kinetic theory for relativistic gases in the presence of gravitational fields is developed. The Boltzmann equation and the equilibrium Maxwell-J\"uttner…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-01 Gilberto M. Kremer

The properties of the nonextensive parameter q and the Tsallis distribution for self-gravitating systems are studied. A mathematical expression of q is deduced based on the generalized Boltzmann equation, the q-H theorem and the generalized…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-08-10 Jiulin Du

We study sums of independent and identically distributed random velocities in special relativity. We show that the resulting one-dimensional velocity distributions are not only stable under relativistic velocity addition but define a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-03 Lucas G. B. de Souza , M. G. E. da Luz , E. P. Raposo , Evaldo M. F. Curado , G. M. Viswanathan

A stationary distribution function that describes the entire processes of propagation of relativistic particles, including the transition between the ballistic and diffusion regimes, is obtained. The spacial component of the constructed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 A. Y. Prosekin , S. R. Kelner , F. A. Aharonian

Here the probability density of relativistic particles coordinates, satisfying the formal conditions of the quantum mechanics and the special relativity, is determined (under textbooks view, such density does not exist). It is specified for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-17 V. F. Krotov

Although partition temperature derived using the Darwin-Fowler method is exact for simple scenarios, the derivation for complex systems might reside on specific approximations whose viability is not ensured if the thermodynamic limit is not…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-09 Wei-Liang Qian , Kai Lin , Rui-Hong Yue , Yogiro Hama , Takeshi Kodama

In most surface-bound exospheres Na has been observed at altitudes above what is possible by thermal release. Photon stimulated desorption of adsorbed Na on solid surfaces has been commonly used to explain observations at high altitudes. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-16 Diana Gamborino , Peter Wurz

The Tsallis distribution has been used recently to fit the transverse momentum distributions of identified particles by the STAR and PHENIX collaborations at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and by the ALICE and CMS collaborations at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 J. Cleymans , D. Worku