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A relativistic form of Boltzmann's transport equation in the absence of collisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. C. Clemmow
Affiliation:
Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge
A. J. Willson
Affiliation:
Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge

Abstract

With the neglect of collisions, a relativistic form of Boltzmann's transport equation is derived and its invariance under a Lorentz transformation is established.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1957

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