Causality and stability of the relativistic diffusion equation
- 23 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 62 (2) , 023003
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.62.023003
Abstract
This paper examines the mathematical properties of the relativistic diffusion equation. The peculiar solution which Hiscock and Lindblom identified as an instability is shown to emerge from an ill-posed initial value problem. These do not meet the mathematical conditions required for realistic physical problems and cannot serve as an argument against the relativistic hydrodynamics of Landau and Lifshitz.Keywords
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