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THE SIMPLE NONDEGENERATE RELATIVISTIC GAS: STATISTICAL PROPERTIES AND BROWNIAN MOTION

Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, México D. F. 01219, México

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A. ARAGONÉS-MUÑOZ

Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, México D. F. 01219, México

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A. L. GARCÍA-PERCIANTE

Depto. de Matemáticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Artificios No. 40, México D. F. 01120, México

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Abstract

This paper shows a novel calculation of the mean square displacement of a classical Brownian particle in a relativistic thermal bath. Also, the thermodynamic properties of a nondegenerate simple relativistic gas are reviewed in terms of a treatment performed in velocity space.

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