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Relativistic heat conduction and thermoelectric properties of nonuniform plasmas

Mitsuru Honda

physics.plasm-pharXiv:physics/0312143

Abstract

Relativistic heat transport in electron-two-temperature plasmas with density gradients has been investigated. The Legendre expansion analysis of relativistically modified kinetic equations shows that strong inhibition of heat flux appears in relativistic temperature regimes, suppressing the classical Spitzer-Härm conduction. The Seebeck coefficient, the Wiedemann-Franz law, and the thermoelectric figure of merit are derived in the relativistic regimes.

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