TITLE:
New Probability Distributions in Astrophysics: IV. The Relativistic Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
AUTHORS:
Lorenzo Zaninetti
KEYWORDS:
05.20.-y Classical Statistical Mechanics, 05.20.Dd Kinetic Theory
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Vol.10 No.4,
December
10,
2020
ABSTRACT: Two relativistic distributions which generalize the Maxwell Boltzman (MB) distribution are analyzed: the relativistic MB and the Maxwell-Jüttner (MJ) distribution. For the two distributions, we derived in terms of special functions the constant of normalization, the average value, the second moment about the origin, the variance, the mode, the asymptotic behavior, approximate expressions for the average value as function of the temperature and the connected inverted expressions for the temperature as function of the average value. Two astrophysical applications to the synchrotron emission in presence of the magnetic field and the relativistic electrons are presented.