Dissipative hydrodynamics for viscous relativistic fluids
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Explicit equations are given for describing the space-time evolution of non-ideal (viscous) relativistic fluids undergoing boost-invariant longitudinal and arbitrary transverse expansion. The equations are derived from the second-order Israel-Stewart approach which ensures causal evolution. Both azimuthally symmetric (1+1)-dimensional and non-symmetric (2+1)-dimensional transverse expansion are discussed. The latter provides the formal basis for the hydrodynamic computation of elliptic flow in relativistic heavy-ion collisions including dissipative effects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0510014,
title = {Dissipative hydrodynamics for viscous relativistic fluids},
author = {Ulrich W. Heinz and Huichao Song and Asis K. Chaudhuri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0510014},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
12 pages, no figures. Submitted to Physical Review C