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Relativistic heat conduction — Wikipedia (en)

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Relativistic heat conduction refers to the modelling of heat conduction (and similar diffusion processes) in a way compatible with special relativity. In special (and general) relativity, the usual heat equation for non-relativistic heat conduction must be modified, as it leads to faster-than-light signal propagation. Relativistic heat conduction, therefore, encompasses a set of models for heat propagation in continuous media (solids, fluids, gases) that are consistent with relativistic causality, namely the principle that an effect must be within the light-cone associated to its cause. Any reasonable relativistic model for heat conduction must also be stable, in the sense that differences in temperature propagate both slower than light and are damped over time (this stability property is intimately intertwined with relativistic causality).

Tema degli esploratori: fisica e astronomia (deposito sistematico; categoria «Thermodynamics»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Relativistic heat conduction» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_heat_conduction
Wikidata Q7310828 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310828
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