First-Order General-Relativistic Viscous Fluid Dynamics
First-Order General-Relativistic Viscous Fluid Dynamics
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevx.12.021044
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发表时间:
2020-09
影响因子:
12.5
通讯作者:
F. S. Bemfica;M. Disconzi;J. Noronha
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作者:
F. S. Bemfica;M. Disconzi;J. Noronha
We present the first generalization of Navier-Stokes theory to relativity that satisfies all of the following properties: (a) the system coupled to Einstein’s equations is causal and strongly hyperbolic; (b) equilibrium states are stable; (c) all leading dissipative contributions are present, i.e., shear viscosity, bulk viscosity, and thermal conductivity; (d) non-zero baryon number is included; (e) entropy production is non-negative in the regime of validity of the theory; (f) all of the above holds in the nonlinear regime without any simplifying symmetry assumptions. These properties are accomplished using a generalization of Eckart’s theory containing only the hydrodynamic variables, so that no new extended degrees of freedom are needed as in Müller-Israel-Stewart theories. Property (b), in particular, follows from a more general result that we also establish, namely, sufficient conditions that when added to stability in the fluid’s rest frame imply stability in any reference frame obtained via a Lorentz transformation. All our results are mathematically rigorously established. The framework presented here provides the starting point for systematic investigations of generalrelativistic viscous phenomena in neutron star mergers.