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A covariant formulation of the relativistic statistical mechanics of charged particles is developed on the basis of the tetradic method, which corresponds to the super-many-time formalism of Tomonaga known in quantum theory.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 29–31, May, 1981.
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Naumov, N.D. A kinetic theory of a relativistic plasma. II. Soviet Physics Journal 24, 409–411 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898401
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00898401