Abstract
We study a diffusion-type equation for the density of a collisionless relativistic gas (Jüttner gas). The rate of diffusion propagation turns out to be finite. We consider problems of the existence and uniqueness of solutions of this equation, as well as some of its generalized solutions.
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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant No. 19-71-30012, https://rscf.ru/en/project/19-71-30012/.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, 2024, Vol. 219, pp. 151–162 https://doi.org/10.4213/tmf10659.
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Kozlov, V.V. Diffusion of a collisionless gas. Theor Math Phys 219, 663–672 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S004057792404010X
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