Article
Thermal equilibrium in Einstein’s elevator
Author/s | Sánchez-Rey, Bernardo
Chacón-Acosta, Guillermo Dagdug, Leonardo Cubero Gómez, David |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada I |
Publication Date | 2013 |
Deposit Date | 2015-06-11 |
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Abstract | We report fully relativistic molecular-dynamics simulations that verify the appearance of thermal equilibrium of a classical gas inside a uniformly accelerated container. The numerical experiments confirm that the local ... We report fully relativistic molecular-dynamics simulations that verify the appearance of thermal equilibrium of a classical gas inside a uniformly accelerated container. The numerical experiments confirm that the local momentum distribution in this system is very well approximated by the Jüttner function—originally derived for a flat spacetime—via the Tolman-Ehrenfest effect. Moreover, it is shown that when the acceleration or the container size is large enough, the global momentum distribution can be described by the so-called modified Jüttner function, which was initially proposed as an alternative to the Jüttner function. |
Funding agencies | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España |
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