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Thermodynamics and flow-frames for dissipative relativistic fluids

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-05-27 v1

Abstract

A general thermodynamic treatment of dissipative relativistic fluids is introduced, where the temperature four vector is not parallel to the velocity field of the fluid. Generic stability and kinetic equilibrium points out a particular thermodynamics, where the temperature vector is parallel to the enthalpy flow vector and the choice of the flow fixes the constitutive functions for viscous stress and heat. The linear stability of the homogeneous equilibrium is proved in a mixed particle-energy flow-frame.

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@article{arxiv.1310.5976,
  title  = {Thermodynamics and flow-frames for dissipative relativistic fluids},
  author = {P. Ván and T. S. Biró},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5976},
  year   = {2014}
}

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9 pages

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