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ABSTRACT LANDSBERG1,2 has raised the question of the correct definition of temperature in relativistic thermodynamics. He advances2 a general case against the orthodox transformation of
temperature by considering the case of two systems, possessing equal proper temperatures, _T__0_, and in relative motion. Then observers moving with the two systems will each judge the
temperature of the other system to be lower than that of the system with which he is moving. If the usual relation exists between temperature difference and heat flow, both proper
temperatures should fall, a conclusion Landsberg finds unacceptable. The argument is not, however, completely convincing, and Williams3 has pointed out that the direction of energy flow
between two systems is, in general, dependent on the frame of reference in which the flow is observed. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription
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BOX Article Open access 03 October 2024 REFERENCES * Landsberg, P. T., _Nature_, 212, 571 (1966). Article ADS Google Scholar * Landsberg, P. T., _Nature_, 214, 903 (1967). Article ADS
Google Scholar * Williams, I. P., _Nature_, 214, 1105 (1967). Article ADS Google Scholar Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Physics Department,
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, P.Q. J. L. REDDING Authors * J. L. REDDING View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE REDDING, J. Temperature of a Moving Body. _Nature_ 215, 1160–1161 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151160a0 Download citation *
Received: 10 July 1967 * Revised: 14 August 1967 * Issue Date: 09 September 1967 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2151160a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be
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