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We analyze the Vlasov equation coupled with the compressible Navier--Stokes equations with degenerate viscosities and vacuum. These two equations are coupled through the drag force which depends on the fluid density and the relative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Young-Pil Choi , Jinwook Jung

We address the question whether a singularity in a three-dimensional incompressible inviscid fluid flow can occur in finite time. Analytical considerations and numerical simulations suggest high-symmetry flows being a promising candidate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-10-10 Tobias Grafke , Rainer Grauer

We study isolated, stationary, axially symmetric vortex solutions in (2+1)-dimensional viscous conformal fluids. The equations describing them can be brought to the form of three coupled first order ODEs for the radial and rotational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 Jarah Evslin , Chethan Krishnan

The equations of relativistic hydrodynamics are transformed so that steps forward in time preserves local simultaneity. In these variables, the space-time coordinates of neighboring points on the mesh are simultaneous according to co-moving…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Scott Pratt

The shear viscosity is a fundamental transport property of matter. Here we derive a general theory of the viscosity of gases based on the relativistic Langevin equation (deduced from a relativistic Lagrangian) and nonaffine linear response…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-08 Alessio Zaccone

We prove that for large enough data, the life span of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem for the following two quasilinear hyperbolic systems is finite: (1) equations of relativistic compressible fluid dynamics, (2) equations of plasma…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yan Guo , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

In this paper, we study the formation of finite time singularities in the form of super norm blowup for a spatially inhomogeneous hyperbolic system. The system is related to the variational wave equations as those in [18]. The system posses…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-21 Geng Chen , Tao Huang , Chun Liu

Whether the 3D incompressible Euler equations can develop a singularity in finite time from smooth initial data is one of the most challenging problems in mathematical fluid dynamics. This work attempts to provide an affirmative answer to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-17 Guo Luo , Thomas Y. Hou

The relativistic membrane equation can be rewritten as a first order hyperbolic system. Making use of the characteristic decomposition method, a new blow-up theorem is established. As an application, it demonstrates the formation of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Lv Cai , Jianli Liu

Causality and stability in relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics are important conceptual issues. We argue that causality is not restricted to hyperbolic set of differential equations. E.g. heat conduction equation can be causal…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Ván , T. S. Biró

We study a system of interacting particles in the presence of the relativistic kinetic energy, external confining potentials, singular repulsive forces as well as a random perturbation through an additive white noise. In comparison with the…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Manh Hong Duong , Hung Dang Nguyen

We consider an imperfect relativistic fluid which develops a shock wave and discuss its structure and thickness, taking into account the effects of viscosity and heat conduction in the form of sound absorption. The junction conditions and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jose A. S. Lima , Alejandra Kandus , Reuven Opher

The relativistic Boltzmann equation for a constant differential cross section and with periodic boundary conditions is considered. The speed of light appears as a parameter $c>c_0$ for a properly large and positive $c_0$. A local existence…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Simone Calogero

A very intuitive description of nucleus-nucleus collision phenomena is provided by the relativistic fluid dynamics. We consider a 1+1 dimensional relativistic imperfect fluid flow to approximate the high energy heavy ion collision. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C Alexa , D Vrinceanu

It is well known that a superfluid rotates by forming an array of quantized vortices. A relativistic formulation for superfluid vortex dynamics is required for a range of problems in astrophysics and cosmology, from neutron star interiors…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-17 N. Andersson , S. Wells , G. L. Comer

This paper contributes to the study of large data problems for $C^1$ solutions of the relativistic Euler equations. In the $(1+1)$-dimensional spacetime setting, if the initial data are away from vacuum, a key difficulty in proving the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Nikolaos Athanasiou , Shengguo Zhu

Motivated by cosmological applications for interacting matters, an extension of the action functional for relativistic fluids is proposed to incorporate the physics of non-adiabatic processes and chemical reactions. The former are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-30 Damianos Iosifidis , Erik Jensko , Tomi S. Koivisto

Solutions of the Friedmann-Lemaitre cosmological equations of general relativity have been found with finite-time singularities that are everywhere regular, have regular Hubble expansion rate, and obey the strong-energy conditions but…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 John D. Barrow , S. Cotsakis , A. Tsokaros

We consider the one and one-half dimensional multi-species relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system with non-decaying(in space) initial data. We prove its well-posedness and nonrelativistic limit as the speed of light $c\rightarrow\infty$. These…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-28 Jack Schaeffer , Lei Wu

Presented are two results on the formation of finite time singularities of solutions to the compressible Euler equations in two and three space dimensions for isentropic, polytropic, ideal fluid flows. The initial velocity is assumed to be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-03-23 Zhen Lei , Yi Du , Qingtian Zhang