Perfect spinfluid: A divergence-type approach
Abstract
We present a new formulation of non-dissipative relativistic spin hydrodynamics that incorporates spin degrees of freedom into the divergence-type theory framework. Due to the divergence-type structure, it is straightforward to enforce non-linear causality and symmetric hyperbolicity of the equations of motion, ensuring local well-posedness of the initial-value problem and stability of the theory. Furthermore, in a specific realization based on spin kinetic theory, we prove that the equations of motion remain non-linearly causal and symmetric-hyperbolic to all orders in the spin potential, provided a specific thermodynamic constraint is satisfied. This framework can be applied for numerical simulations to study the dynamics of spin-polarized fluids, such as the quark-gluon plasma in heavy-ion collisions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.19786,
title = {Perfect spinfluid: A divergence-type approach},
author = {Nick Abboud and Lorenzo Gavassino and Rajeev Singh and Enrico Speranza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.19786},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
26 pages, 2 figures. Version accepted for publication in Physical Review D