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020 _a9781107261365 (ebook)
020 _z9781107048225 (hardback)
020 _z9781107699977 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 4 _aQC174.9
_b.V47 2017
082 0 4 _a530.11/364
_223
100 1 _aVereshchagin, Gregory,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRelativistic kinetic theory :
_bwith applications in astrophysics and cosmology /
_cGregory V. Vereshchagin, Alexey G. Aksenov.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2017).
520 _aRelativistic kinetic theory has widespread application in astrophysics and cosmology. The interest has grown in recent years as experimentalists are now able to make reliable measurements on physical systems where relativistic effects are no longer negligible. This ambitious monograph is divided into three parts. It presents the basic ideas and concepts of this theory, equations and methods, including derivation of kinetic equations from the relativistic BBGKY hierarchy and discussion of the relation between kinetic and hydrodynamic levels of description. The second part introduces elements of computational physics with special emphasis on numerical integration of Boltzmann equations and related approaches, as well as multi-component hydrodynamics. The third part presents an overview of applications ranging from covariant theory of plasma response, thermalization of relativistic plasma, comptonization in static and moving media to kinetics of self-gravitating systems, cosmological structure formation and neutrino emission during the gravitational collapse.
650 0 _aKinetic theory of matter.
650 0 _aRelativistic mechanics.
700 1 _aAksenov, Alexey G.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107048225
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781107261365
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_d515685