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Attractodynamics in 0+1D

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-07-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Hydrodynamics is a macroscopic theory of long-wavelength dynamics around local thermal equilibrium. We develop attractodynamics, the analogous construction around a far-from-equilibrium attractor. Dynamics near a far-from-equilibrium attractor retains some non-hydrodynamic microscopic information, which attractodynamics systematically organizes. We move towards this general structure by starting in 0+1D, and consider a model for which an anisotropic far-from-equilibrium attractor solution is exactly known. This setting provides a clean benchmark in which the ideal attractodynamic equations and a leading transient residual extension can be compared directly with the full kinetic evolution. The resulting hierarchy gives an improvable description of near-attractor dynamics: the ideal theory captures evolution close to the attracting manifold, while retaining the leading off-attractor moments extends the regime of agreement until the finite truncation breaks down. This example identifies the ingredients needed for local 3+1D attractodynamics and for macroscopic attractodynamic theories not derived from an underlying kinetic description.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.16393,
  title  = {Attractodynamics in 0+1D},
  author = {Jean F. Du Plessis and Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld and Rachel Steinhorst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16393},
  year   = {2026}
}

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34 pages, 12 figures