{ "id": "2106.12854", "version": "v1", "published": "2021-06-24T09:30:52.000Z", "updated": "2021-06-24T09:30:52.000Z", "title": "Relativistic kinetic theory: toward the microscopic substantiation of zeroth law of thermodynamics", "authors": [ "A. Yu. Zakharov", "V. V. Zubkov" ], "comment": "22 pages, 79 refs", "categories": [ "cond-mat.stat-mech", "physics.class-ph" ], "abstract": "An exact closed relativistic kinetic equation is derived for a system of identical classical particles interacting with each other through a scalar field. The microscopic deterministic mechanism of the irreversible equilibration process in a relativistic classical system of interacting particles has been established. Keywords: Irreversible equilibration process; Classical relativistic dynamics; Retarded interactions.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2021-06-24T09:30:52.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "80A05", "82B03", "82C22", "83A05", "80A10" ], "keywords": [ "relativistic kinetic theory", "microscopic substantiation", "zeroth law", "irreversible equilibration process", "exact closed relativistic kinetic equation" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 22, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }