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Boltzmann equation with a nonlocal collision term and the resultant dissipative fluid dynamics

Nuclear Theory 2013-05-23 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Starting with the relativistic Boltzmann equation where the collision term was generalized to include gradients of the phase-space distribution function, we recently presented a new derivation of the equations for the relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics. We compared them with the corresponding equations obtained in the standard Israel-Stewart and related approaches. Our method generates all the second-order terms that are allowed by symmetry, some of which have been missed by the traditional approaches, and the coefficients of other terms are altered. The first-order or Navier-Stokes equation too receives a small correction. Here we outline this work for the general audience.

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@article{arxiv.1210.8427,
  title  = {Boltzmann equation with a nonlocal collision term and the resultant dissipative fluid dynamics},
  author = {Amaresh Jaiswal and Rajeev S. Bhalerao and Subrata Pal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8427},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Invited talk given by Rajeev Bhalerao at Rencontres du Vietnam, International Conference on 'Heavy Ion Collisions in the LHC Era', 15-21 July 2012, Quy Nhon, Vietnam