Stable evolution of relativistic hydrodynamics order-by-order in gradients

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Main Authors: Heller, Michal P., Serantes, Alexandre, Spaliński, Michał, Withers, Benjamin
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Published: 2025
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author Heller, Michal P.
Serantes, Alexandre
Spaliński, Michał
Withers, Benjamin
author_facet Heller, Michal P.
Serantes, Alexandre
Spaliński, Michał
Withers, Benjamin
contents We provide a systematic framework for solving the initial value problem for relativistic hydrodynamics formulated as a gradient expansion. Secular growth is handled by a suitable covariant resummation scheme, which reorganises the degrees of freedom at each order in the expansion while preserving the sum. Our scheme can be applied to any order in the gradient expansion; we provide the explicit formulation at first and second orders. When working to first order, we find that the BDNK equations of motion emerge as an intermediate step in a calculation performed in the Landau frame. We show that non-hydrodynamic modes appear only in such intermediate calculations and cancel when evaluating solutions to the required order. Our procedure does not introduce any other fields or require any additional initial data beyond those appearing in the theory of ideal fluids.
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spellingShingle Stable evolution of relativistic hydrodynamics order-by-order in gradients
Heller, Michal P.
Serantes, Alexandre
Spaliński, Michał
Withers, Benjamin
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
We provide a systematic framework for solving the initial value problem for relativistic hydrodynamics formulated as a gradient expansion. Secular growth is handled by a suitable covariant resummation scheme, which reorganises the degrees of freedom at each order in the expansion while preserving the sum. Our scheme can be applied to any order in the gradient expansion; we provide the explicit formulation at first and second orders. When working to first order, we find that the BDNK equations of motion emerge as an intermediate step in a calculation performed in the Landau frame. We show that non-hydrodynamic modes appear only in such intermediate calculations and cancel when evaluating solutions to the required order. Our procedure does not introduce any other fields or require any additional initial data beyond those appearing in the theory of ideal fluids.
title Stable evolution of relativistic hydrodynamics order-by-order in gradients
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08582