Thermal conduction before relaxation in slowly rotating fluids
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
For slowly rotating fluids, we establish the existence of a critical point similar to the one found for non-rotating systems. As the fluid approaches the critical point, the effective inertial mass of any fluid element decreases, vanishing at that point and changing of sign beyond it. This result implies that first order perturbative method is not always reliable to study dissipative processes ocurring before relaxation. Physical consequences that might follow from this effect are commented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9804035,
title = {Thermal conduction before relaxation in slowly rotating fluids},
author = {L. Herrera and A. Di Prisco and J. Martinez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9804035},
year = {2009}
}
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Latex 2.09 (RevTex style) 19 pages To be published in Journal of Mathematical Physics