Ultrarelativistic gas with zero chemical potential

Daniel Mata-Pacheco, Gonzalo Ares de Parga, Fernando Angulo-Brown

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Abstract

In this work, we propose a set of conditions such that an ultrarelativistic classical gas can present a photon-like behavior. This is achieved by assigning a zero chemical potential to the ultrarelativistic ideal gas. The resulting behavior is similar to that of aWien photon gas. It is found to be possible only for gases made of very lightweight particles such as neutrinos, as long as we treat them as classical particles, and it depends on the spin degeneracy factor. This procedure allows establishing an analogy between an evaporating gas and the cavity radiation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number249
JournalSymmetry
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2019

Keywords

  • Black-body
  • Chemical potential
  • Planck distribution;Wien distribution
  • Ultrarelativistic gas

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