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Relativistic quantum fluid with boost invariance

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-03-14 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study a relativistic fluid with longitudinal boost invariance in a quantum-statistical framework as an example of a solvable non-equilibrium problem. For the free quantum field, we calculate the exact form of the expectation values of the stress-energy tensor and the entropy current. For the stress-energy tensor, we find that a finite value can be obtained only by subtracting the vacuum of the density operator at some fixed proper time \tau_0. As a consequence, the stress-energy tensor acquires non-trivial quantum corrections to the classical free-streaming form.

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@article{arxiv.2102.09016,
  title  = {Relativistic quantum fluid with boost invariance},
  author = {D. Rindori and L. Tinti and F. Becattini and D. Rischke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.09016},
  year   = {2022}
}

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19 pages, 1 figure

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