Generic instabilities in the relativistic Chapman-Enskog heat conduction law
arXiv:1908.04445 · doi:10.1007/s10955-020-02578-0
Abstract
We address the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem corresponding to the relativistic fluid equations, when coupled with the heat-flux constitutive relation arising within the relativistic Chapman-Enskog procedure. The resulting system of equations is shown to be non hyperbolic, by considering general perturbations over the whole set of equations written with respect to a generic time direction. The obtained eigenvalues are not purely imaginary and their real part grows without bound as the wave-number increases. Unlike Eckart's theory, this instability is not present when the time direction is aligned with the fluid's direction. However, since in general the fluid velocity is not surface-forming, the instability can only be avoided in the particular case where no rotation is present.
arXiv comment9 pages, 2 figures, refs added
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