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Fermi-liquid view of viscosity in cold and dense nucleon matter

Nuclear Theory 2025-12-02 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We develop a framework to calculate transport properties in cold, dense relativistic quasiparticle system within the Fermi-liquid theory at the mean-field level. Building on our previous study [Phys. Rev. C 111, 044904 (2025)], we start from the linearized relativistic Boltzmann equation tailored to quasiparticles with medium-dependent dispersion relation and implement Landau matching conditions, proving that the bulk viscosity is manifestly nonnegative. A low-temperature expansion then yields leading-order (T/μT/\mu^*) expressions for the shear (η\eta) and bulk (ζ\zeta) viscosities, where the behavior ζ/η(T/μ)4\zeta/\eta \propto (T/\mu^*)^4 in the degenerate regime is found to be robust against quasiparticle mass correction. We couple the kinetic framework to a Walecka-type mean-field equation of state and compute η\eta and ζ\zeta for cold, dense nucleon matter. The transport properties of nucleonic matter in the degenerate regime can be relevant for intermediate beam-energy nuclear experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2512.01544,
  title  = {Fermi-liquid view of viscosity in cold and dense nucleon matter},
  author = {Jianing Li and Weiyao Ke and Jin Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.01544},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures. Comments are welcome