Related papers: Bulk viscosity in quasi particle models
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We extend the derivation of second-order relativistic viscous hydrodynamics to incorporate the effects of baryon current, a non-vanishing chemical potential, and a realistic equation of state. Starting from a microscopic quantum theory, we…
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For temperatures $T$ ranging from a few MeV up to TeV and energy density $\rho$ up to $10^{16}~$GeV/fm$^3$, the bulk viscosity $\zeta$ is calculated in non-perturbation (up, down, strange, charm, and bottom) and perturbation theories with…
We propose a lower bound on bulk viscosity of strongly coupled gauge theory plasmas. Using explicit example of the N=2^* gauge theory plasma we show that the bulk viscosity remains finite at a critical point with a divergent specific heat.…
The dependence of the bulk viscosity with the relativistic parameter $z=kT/mc^{2}$, obtained through the complete Boltzmann equation [1,2], is thoroughly analyzed. A complete and rigorous examination of the relevant non-relativistic and…
We develop a quasi-chemical theory for the study of packing thermodynamics in dense liquids. The situation of hard-core interactions is addressed by considering the binding of solvent molecules to a precisely defined `cavity' in order to…
We study the small frequency behavior of the bulk viscosity spectral function using stochastic fluid dynamics. We obtain a number of model independent results, including the long-time tail of the bulk stress correlation function, and the…
We develop a quantum kinetic theory of the chiral condensate and meson quasi-particle excitations using the O(N) linear sigma model which describe the chiral phase transition both in and out of equilibrium in a unified way. A mean field…
We investigate the critical dynamics of O(N)-symmetric scalar field theories to determine the critical exponents of transport coefficients as a second-order phase transition is approached from the symmetric phase. A set of stochastic…
We consider the phonon contribution to the bulk viscosities $\zeta_1, \zeta_2$ and $\zeta_3$ of a cold relativistic superfluid. We assume the low temperature $T$ regime and that the transport properties of the system are dominated by the…