The ideal relativistic rotating gas as a perfect fluid with spin
We show that the ideal relativistic spinning gas at complete thermodynamical equilibrium is a fluid with a non-vanishing spin density tensor σ μν . After having obtained the expression of the local spin-dependent phase-space density f( x, p) στ in the Boltzmann approximation, we derive the spin dens...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Annals of physics 2010-08, Vol.325 (8), p.1566-1594 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We show that the ideal relativistic spinning gas at complete thermodynamical equilibrium is a fluid with a non-vanishing spin density tensor
σ
μν
. After having obtained the expression of the local spin-dependent phase-space density
f(
x,
p)
στ
in the Boltzmann approximation, we derive the spin density tensor and show that it is proportional to the acceleration tensor Ω
μν
constructed with the Frenet–Serret tetrad. We recover the proper generalization of the fundamental thermodynamical relation, involving an additional term −(1/2)Ω
μν
σ
μν
. We also show that the spin density tensor has a non-vanishing projection onto the four-velocity field, i.e.
t
μ
=
σ
μν
u
ν
≠
0, in contrast to the common assumption
t
μ
=
0, known as Frenkel condition, in the thus-far proposed theories of relativistic fluids with spin. We briefly address the viewpoint of the accelerated observer and inertial spin effects. |
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ISSN: | 0003-4916 1096-035X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.aop.2010.03.007 |