C. Barbachoux et al., The spatially one-dimensional relativistic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process in an arbitrary inertial frame, EUR PHY J B, 19(1), 2001, pp. 37-47
The spatially one-dimensional relativistic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process is st
udied in an arbitrary inertial reference frame. In particular, we derive di
rectly from the stochastic equations of motion in an arbitrary inertial fra
me the transport equation for the distribution function of the diffusing pa
rticles in phase-space. We explain why this result is not trivial and has,
at the very least, methodological interest. We also show that this result o
ffers a conceptually new proof of the well-known fact that the relativistic
one-particle distribution function in phase-space is a Lorentz scalar.