Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoult, Raphael E., Kovtun, Pavel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04966
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • We explore the relationship between linear and non-linear causality in theories of dissipative relativistic fluid dynamics. While for some fluid-dynamical theories, a linearized causality analysis can be used to determine whether the full non-linear theory is causal, for others it can not. As an illustration, we study relativistic viscous magnetohydrodynamics supplemented by a neutral-particle current, with resistive corrections to the conservation of magnetic flux. The dissipative theory has 10 transport coefficients, including anisotropic viscosities, electric resistivities, and neutral-particle conductivities. We show how causality properties of this magnetohydrodynamic theory, in the most general fluid frame, may be understood from the linearized analysis.