title: Relativistic hydrodynamics from the projection operator method.
abstract: We study relativistic hydrodynamics in the linear regime, based on Mori's projection operator method. In relativistic hydrodynamics, it is considered that an ambiguity about the fluid velocity occurs from the choice of a local rest frame: the Landau and Eckart frames. We find that the difference of the frames is not the choice of the local rest frame, but rather that of dynamic variables in the linear regime. We derive hydrodynamic equations in both frames by the projection operator method. We show that the natural derivation gives the linearized Landau equation. Also we find that, even for the Eckart frame, the slow dynamics is actually described by the dynamic variables for the Landau frame.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Research Division, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Wako 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hidaka
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D003198:Computer Simulation; D057446:Hydrodynamics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions