An introduction to the relativistic kinetic theory on curved spacetimes

RO Acuna-Cardenas, C Gabarrete… - General Relativity and …, 2022 - Springer
This article provides a self-contained pedagogical introduction to the relativistic kinetic
theory of a dilute gas propagating on a curved spacetime manifold (M, g) of arbitrary …

A fast and accurate method for computing the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich signal of hot galaxy clusters

J Chluba, D Nagai, S Sazonov… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
New-generation ground-and space-based cosmic microwave background experiments have
ushered in discoveries of massive galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect …

Apar-T: code, validation, and physical interpretation of particle-in-cell results

M Melzani, C Winisdoerffer, R Walder, D Folini… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
We present the parallel particle-in-cell (PIC) code Apar-T and, more importantly, address the
fundamental question of the relations between the PIC model, the Vlasov-Maxwell theory …

ALPS: the arbitrary linear plasma solver

D Verscharen, KG Klein, BDG Chandran… - Journal of Plasma …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The Arbitrary Linear Plasma Solver (ALPS) is a parallelised numerical code that solves the
dispersion relation in a hot (even relativistic) magnetised plasma with an arbitrary number of …

On the One‐Dimensional Transition State Theory and the Relation between Statistical and Deterministic Oscillation Frequencies of Anharmonic Energy Wells

S Giordano, F Cleri, R Blossey - Annalen der Physik, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The transition state theory allows the development of approximated models useful to study
the non‐equilibrium evolution of systems undergoing transformations between two states …

[HTML][HTML] Lattice Boltzmann method for warm fluid simulations of plasma wakefield acceleration

D Simeoni, G Parise, F Guglietta, AR Rossi… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
A comprehensive characterization of lattice Boltzmann (LB) schemes to perform warm fluid
numerical simulations of particle wakefield acceleration (PWFA) processes is discussed in …

Self-diffusion of a relativistic Lennard-Jones gas via semirelativistic molecular dynamics

DM Testa, P Svensson, J Jackson, T Campbell… - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
The capability for molecular dynamics simulations to treat relativistic dynamics is extended
by the inclusion of relativistic kinetic energy. In particular, relativistic corrections to the …

Analysis of the multicomponent relativistic Boltzmann equation for electron scattering in big bang nucleosynthesis

N Sasankan, A Kedia, M Kusakabe, GJ Mathews - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
Big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is valuable as a means to constrain the physics of the early
universe and it is the only probe of the radiation-dominated epoch. A fundamental …

Non-extensive statistics, relativistic kinetic theory and fluid dynamics

TS Biro, E Molnar - The European Physical Journal A, 2012 - Springer
Experimental particle spectra can be successfully described by power law tailed energy
distributions characteristic to canonical equilibrium distributions associated to Rényi's or …

Suprathermal plasma distribution functions with relativistic cut-offs

HJ Fahr, M Heyl - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In typical plasma physics scenarios, when treated on kinetic levels, distribution functions
with suprathermal wings are obtained. This raises the question of how the associated typical …