Transient oscillations in a macroscopic effective theory of the Boltzmann equation

Abstract

A new transient effective theory of the relativistic Boltzmann equation is derived for locally momentum-anisotropic systems. In the expansion of the distribution function around a local "quasi-equilibrium" state a non-hydrodynamic dynamical degree of freedom is introduced at leading order that breaks local momentum isotropy. By replacing the deviation of the distribution function from this quasi-equilibrium state in terms of moments of the leading-order distribution and applying a systematic power counting scheme that orders the non-hydrodynamic modes by their microscopic time scales, a closed set of equations for the dynamical degrees of freedom is obtained. Truncating this set at the level of the slowest non-hydroynamic mode we find that it exhibits transient oscillatory behavior -- a phenomenon previously found only in strongly coupled theories, where it appears to be generic. In weakly coupled systems described by the Boltzmann equation, these transient oscillations depend on the breaking of local momentum isotropy being treated non-perturbatively at leading order in the expansion of the distribution function.

5 pages, 1 figure; minor changes, published version

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