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arxiv: 1704.04976 · v1 · pith:Q4YJ7SQ6new · submitted 2017-04-17 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph

The onset of fluid-dynamical behavior in relativistic kinetic theory

classification ⚛️ nucl-th hep-ph
keywords behaviorkineticknudsenrelativisticseriestheoryapproximationbjorken
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In this proceedings we discuss recent findings regarding the large order behavior of the Chapman-Enskog expansion in relativistic kinetic theory. It is shown that this series in powers of the Knudsen number has zero radius of convergence in the case of a Bjorken expanding fluid described by the Boltzmann equation in the relaxation time approximation. This divergence stems from the presence of non-hydrodynamic modes, which give non-perturbative contributions to the Knudsen series.

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