Causality Bounds on Dissipative General-Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics

Ian Cordeiro, Enrico Speranza, Kevin Ingles, Fabio S. Bemfica, Jorge Noronha

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Abstract

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions under which a large class of relativistic generalizations of Braginskii's magnetohydrodynamics with shear, bulk, and heat diffusion effects is causal and strongly hyperbolic in the fully nonlinear regime in curved spacetime. We find that causality severely constrains the size of nonideal effects and the onset of kinetic instabilities. Our results are crucial for assessing the regime of validity of fluid dynamical simulations of plasmas near supermassive black holes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number091401
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume133
Issue number9
Early online dateAug 29 2024
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 30 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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