Second-Order Transport Coefficients in Neutron Star Mergers
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| author | Yang, Yumu Hippert, Mauricio Speranza, Enrico Noronha, Jorge |
| author_facet | Yang, Yumu Hippert, Mauricio Speranza, Enrico Noronha, Jorge |
| contents | In neutron stars, flavor-changing weak interactions determine the equilibrium fraction of protons over neutrons. In binary neutron-star mergers, violent changes in density modify this equilibrium value at timescales of milliseconds, comparable to those required for weak interactions to take place. As a result, the fraction of protons evolves out of phase with the density oscillations, giving rise to irreversible processes. The corresponding shift in pressure leads to dissipative work that can be modeled as an effective bulk-viscous correction. In this work, we derive the relevant equations of motion of Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics within this context. Using a toy model, we compute the second-order transport coefficients. Finally, we comment on the use of a realistic equation of state. Our results are expected to be useful for the study of viscous effects in numerical simulations of binary mergers. |
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| spellingShingle | Second-Order Transport Coefficients in Neutron Star Mergers Yang, Yumu Hippert, Mauricio Speranza, Enrico Noronha, Jorge Nuclear Theory High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology In neutron stars, flavor-changing weak interactions determine the equilibrium fraction of protons over neutrons. In binary neutron-star mergers, violent changes in density modify this equilibrium value at timescales of milliseconds, comparable to those required for weak interactions to take place. As a result, the fraction of protons evolves out of phase with the density oscillations, giving rise to irreversible processes. The corresponding shift in pressure leads to dissipative work that can be modeled as an effective bulk-viscous correction. In this work, we derive the relevant equations of motion of Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics within this context. Using a toy model, we compute the second-order transport coefficients. Finally, we comment on the use of a realistic equation of state. Our results are expected to be useful for the study of viscous effects in numerical simulations of binary mergers. |
| title | Second-Order Transport Coefficients in Neutron Star Mergers |
| topic | Nuclear Theory High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06878 |