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Time parameterization and stationary distributions in a relativistic gas

In this paper we consider the effect of different time parameterizations on the stationary velocity distribution function for a relativistic gas. We clarify the distinction between two such distributions, namely the Jüttner and the modified Jüttner distributions. Using a recently proposed model of a relativistic gas, we show that the obtained results for the proper-time averaging does not lead to modified Jüttner distribution (as recently conjectured), but introduces only a Lorentz factor $γ$ to the well-known Jüttner function which results from observer-time averaging. We obtain results for rest frame as well as moving frame in order to support our claim.