naa a22 4500 51076746X CHVBK 20180411083201.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12043-013-0548-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12043-013-0548-x SINGH ASHMEET Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 247 667, Roorkee, India aut A simplistic pedagogical formulation of a thermal speed distribution using a relativistic framework [Elektronische Daten] [ASHMEET SINGH] A novel pedagogical technique is presented that can be used in the undergraduate (UG) class to formulate a relativistically extended kinetic theory of gases and thermal speed distribution, while assuming the basic thermal symmetry arguments of the famous Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution as presented at the UG level. The adopted framework can be used by students to understand the physics of a thermally governed system at high temperature and speeds, without having to indulge in high level tensor-based mathematics, as has been done by the previous works on the subject. Our approach, a logical extension of that proposed by Maxwell, will first recapitulate what is taught and known in the UG class and then present a methodology inspired from the Maxwell-Boltzmann framework that will help students to understand and derive the physics of relativistic thermal systems. The methodology uses simple tools well known to undergraduates and involves a component of computational techniques that can be used to involve students in this exercise. We have tried to place the current work in a larger perspective with regard to the earlier works done and emphasize on its simplicity and accessibility to students. Towards the end, interesting implications of the relativistically extended distribution are presented and compared with the Maxwell-Boltzmann results at various temperatures. Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013 Relativistic kinetic theory of gases nationallicence thermal speed distribution nationallicence Maxwell-Boltzmann thermal distribution nationallicence pedagogy nationallicence Pramana Springer India 81/1(2013-07-01), 143-156 0304-4289 81:1<143 2013 81 12043 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-013-0548-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-013-0548-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- SINGH ASHMEET Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 247 667, Roorkee, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Pramana Springer India 81/1(2013-07-01), 143-156 0304-4289 81:1<143 2013 81 12043 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer