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Articles | Volume 34, issue 9
Articles | Volume 34, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-737-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-737-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 34, issue 9
ANGEO Communicates
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07 Sep 2016
ANGEO Communicates |  | 07 Sep 2016

Anisotropic Jüttner (relativistic Boltzmann) distribution

Rudolf A. Treumann and Wolfgang Baumjohann

Abstract. A rigorous derivation of the Jüttner (covariant Boltzmann) distribution is provided for anisotropic pressure (or temperature) tensors. It was in similar form anticipated first by Gladd (1983). Its manifestly covariant version follows straightforwardly from its scalar property.

How to cite. Treumann, R. A. and Baumjohann, W.: Anisotropic Jüttner (relativistic Boltzmann) distribution, Ann. Geophys., 34, 737–738, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-737-2016, 2016.
Received: 15 Jul 2016 – Revised: 26 Aug 2016 – Accepted: 31 Aug 2016 – Published: 07 Sep 2016
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The rigorous derivation of the Jüttner (covariant Boltzmann) distribution is provided for anisotropic pressure (or temperature) tensors. It was in similar form anticipated first by Gladd (1983). Its manifestly covariant version follows straightforwardly from its scalar property.
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