A dissipative extension to ideal hydrodynamics

TL;DR

This paper introduces a dissipative extension to relativistic hydrodynamics based on the MIS formalism, providing a computationally efficient model that accurately captures dissipative effects while avoiding numerical stiffness.

Contribution

It develops a new formulation of relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics by re-summing non-ideal terms, enhancing computational efficiency and stability near the ideal fluid limit.

Findings

Model reproduces dissipative behavior of other formulations.

Achieves roughly tenfold speed increase near the ideal limit.

Series expansion converges rapidly for small dissipation.

Abstract

We present a formulation of special relativistic, dissipative hydrodynamics (SRDHD) derived from the well-established M\"uller- Israel-Stewart (MIS) formalism using an expansion in deviations from ideal behaviour. By re-summing the non-ideal terms, our approach extends the Euler equations of motion for an ideal fluid through a series of additional source terms that capture the effects of bulk viscosity, shear viscosity and heat flux. For efficiency these additional terms are built from purely spatial derivatives of the primitive fluid variables. The series expansion is parametrized by the dissipation strength and timescale coefficients, and is therefore rapidly convergent near the ideal limit. We show, using numerical simulations, that our model reproduces the dissipative fluid behaviour of other formulations. As our formulation is designed to avoid the numerical stiffness issues that arise in the traditional MIS formalism for fast relaxation timescales, it is roughly an order of magnitude faster than standard methods near the ideal limit.