The regime of applicability of Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics

Abstract

Using analytical tools from linear response theory, we systematically assess the accuracy of several microscopic derivations of Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics near local equilibrium. This allows us to "rank" the different approaches in decreasing order of accuracy as follows: Inverse Reynolds Dominance (IReD), Denicol-Niemi-Molnár-Rischke (DNMR), second-order gradient expansion, and 14-moment approximation. We find that IReD theory is far superior to Navier-Stokes, being very accurate both in the asymptotic regime (i.e., for slow processes) and in the transient regime (i.e., on timescales comparable to the relaxation time). Also, the high accuracy of DNMR is confirmed, but neglecting second-order terms in the Knudsen number, which would render the equations parabolic, introduces serious systematic errors. Finally, in most cases, the second-order gradient expansion (a.k.a. non-resummed BRSSS) is found to be more inaccurate than Navier-Stokes in the transient regime. Overall, this analysis shows that Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics is falsifiable, and the relaxation time is observable, shedding new light on the debate on the viability of transient hydrodynamics as a well-defined physical theory distinguished from Navier-Stokes.

21 pages, 12 figures

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