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Starting with the basic principles of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, we give a rigorous, but completely elementary proof of the relation between fundamental observables of a statistical system, when measured within two inertial reference frames, related by a Lorentz transformation.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” and INFN – Sezione di Roma I, Piazzale A. Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Massimo Testa

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Testa, M. Boosted Statistical Mechanics. Int J Theor Phys 54, 2718–2723 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-014-2506-x

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