Relativistic Dissipative Hydrodynamics: A Minimal Causal Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We present a new formalism for the theory of relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics. Here, we look for the minimal structure of such a theory which satisfies the covariance and causality by introducing the memory effect in irreversible currents. Our theory has a much simpler structure and thus has several advantages for practical purposes compared to the Israel-Stewart theory (IS). It can readily be applied to the full three-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations. We apply our formalism to the Bjorken model and the results are shown to be analogous to the IS.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0609117,
title = {Relativistic Dissipative Hydrodynamics: A Minimal Causal Theory},
author = {T. Koide and G. S. Denicol and Ph. Mota and T. Kodama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0609117},
year = {2008}
}
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25 pages, 2 figures, Phys. Rev. C in press