Relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component plasma

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Hauptverfasser: Kushwah, Khwahish, de Brito, Caio V. P., Denicol, Gabriel S
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author Kushwah, Khwahish
de Brito, Caio V. P.
Denicol, Gabriel S
author_facet Kushwah, Khwahish
de Brito, Caio V. P.
Denicol, Gabriel S
contents We derive relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component ultrarelativistic plasma directly from kinetic theory. Starting with the Boltzmann--Vlasov equation and using the 14-moment approximation in the Landau frame, we obtain coupled evolution equations for the charge diffusion four-current and the shear-stress tensor. Benchmarking against the usual Israel-Stewart type relaxation form shows that this simplified description is accurate for small viscosity to entropy ($η/s$) ratio, vanishing magnetic field, and not so strong electric field. Outside this regime the dynamics depart in a controlled way, i.e., strong electric fields introduce nonlinear back-reaction that delays and reduces current peaks, and a sizable shear-stress is produced even without a flow profile.
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spellingShingle Relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component plasma
Kushwah, Khwahish
de Brito, Caio V. P.
Denicol, Gabriel S
Plasma Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
We derive relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component ultrarelativistic plasma directly from kinetic theory. Starting with the Boltzmann--Vlasov equation and using the 14-moment approximation in the Landau frame, we obtain coupled evolution equations for the charge diffusion four-current and the shear-stress tensor. Benchmarking against the usual Israel-Stewart type relaxation form shows that this simplified description is accurate for small viscosity to entropy ($η/s$) ratio, vanishing magnetic field, and not so strong electric field. Outside this regime the dynamics depart in a controlled way, i.e., strong electric fields introduce nonlinear back-reaction that delays and reduces current peaks, and a sizable shear-stress is produced even without a flow profile.
title Relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component plasma
topic Plasma Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14787