Microscopic Foundations of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics (1st ed. 2021) (Lecture Notes in Physics #990)

By: Gabriel S. Denicol and Dirk H. Rischke

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Synopsis: This book provides an introduction to relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics, with particular emphasis on its derivation from microscopic transport theory. After a phenomenological derivation of relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics from the second law of thermodynamics, the intrinsic instabilities of relativistic Navier-Stokes theory are discussed. In turn, analytical solutions of relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics are presented. Following, the authors discuss several theories and approaches to derive transport coefficients in dissipative fluid dynamics such as the Chapman-Enskog theory, the theory of Israel and Stewart, and a more recent derivation of relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics based on kinetic theory, which constitutes the main focus of the second part of this book. This book is intended for advanced graduate students and researchers in physics and requires basic knowledge of the theory of special and general relativity. It should be of particular interest to researchers that apply relativistic fluid dynamics in cosmology, astrophysics, and high-energy nuclear physics.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030820770
Related ISBNs:: 9783030820756
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 04/22/22
Copyrighted By:: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
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