English

Non-dissipative second-order transport, spin, and pseudo-gauge transformations in hydrodynamics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-08-25 v3 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We derive a set of nontrivial relations between second-order transport coefficients which follow from the second law of thermodynamics upon considering a regime close to uniform rotation of the fluid. We demonstrate that extension of hydrodynamics by spin variable is equivalent to modifying conventional hydrodynamics by a set of second-order terms satisfying the relations we derived. We point out that a novel contribution to the heat current orthogonal to vorticity and temperature gradient reminiscent of the thermal Hall effect is constrained by the second law.

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@article{arxiv.2011.12318,
  title  = {Non-dissipative second-order transport, spin, and pseudo-gauge transformations in hydrodynamics},
  author = {Shiyong Li and Mikhail A. Stephanov and Ho-Ung Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.12318},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

7 pages, accepted for publication in PRL

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