  A thermal gradient and/or a chemical potential gradient in a conducting
medium can lead to an electric field, an effect known as thermoelectric effect
or Seebeck effect. In the context of heavy-ion collisions, we estimate the
thermoelectric transport coefficients for quark matter within the ambit of the
Nambu-Jona Lasinio (NJL) model. We estimate the thermal conductivity,
electrical conductivity, and the Seebeck coefficient of hot and dense quark
matter. These coefficients are calculated using the relativistic Boltzmann
transport equation within relaxation time approximation. The relaxation times
for the quarks are estimated from the quark-quark and quark-antiquark
scattering through in-medium meson exchange within the NJL model.
