A strongly hyperbolic viscous relativistic hydrodynamics theory with first-order charge current
Abstract
We extend the first order dissipative relativistic hydrodynamics model of Bemfica-Disconzi-Noronha- Kovtun (BDNK) in order to include the charge number current in full first order expansion with out-of-equilibrium contribution proportional to the evolution equation of the ideal fluid. We obtain a fully second order system of partial differential equation (PDE) that can be casted in a fully conservative way. We analyze the hyperbolicity of this model coupled to Einstein field equations using a newly developed technique that allows for hyperbolicity studies without explicit first order reduction. Furthermore, we identify a frame choice where our formulation is causal, stable and with positive entropy generation for a wide range of equations of state (EoS). Our analysis shows that the inclusion of an out-of-equilibrium correction to the charge current, plays an important role in guaranteeing the strong hyperbolicity and, therefore, the well-posedness of the system. If such correction is not applied, an extra frame restriction must be added to the present in the literature in order to obtain a strongly hyperbolic system.
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@article{arxiv.2602.20254,
title = {A strongly hyperbolic viscous relativistic hydrodynamics theory with first-order charge current},
author = {Federico Schianchi and Fernando Abalos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.20254},
year = {2026}
}
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27 pages, 2 figures