Transport coefficients in second-order non-conformal viscous hydrodynamics

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Ryblewski, Radoslaw^1

H. Niewodniczánski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków

PL-31342, Poland^1

关键词: Boltzmann kinetic equations;    Chapman-Enskog methods;    Coupling terms;    Evolution equations;    Exact solution;    Pressure correction;    Relaxation time approximation;    Transport coefficient;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/612/1/012058/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/612/1/012058

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Based on the exact solution of Boltzmann kinetic equation in the relaxation-time approximation, the precision of the two most recent formulations of relativistic second-order non-conformal viscous hydrodynamics (14-moment approximation and causal Chapman-Enskog method), standard Israel-Stewart theory, and anisotropic hydrodynamics framework, in the simple case of one-dimensional Bjorken expansion, is tested. It is demonstrated that the failure of Israel-Stewart theory in reproducing exact solutions of the Boltzmann kinetic equation occurs due to neglecting and/or choosing wrong forms of some of the second-order transport coefficients. In particular, the importance of shear-bulk couplings in the evolution equations for dissipative quantities is shown. One finds that, in the case of the bulk viscous pressure correction, such coupling terms are as important as the corresponding first-order Navier-Stokes term and must be included in order to obtain, at least qualitative, overall agreement with the kinetic theory.