Analytic Bjorken flow in one-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2015.08.046zbMATH Open1364.76246arXiv1506.06620OpenAlexW1930882967MaRDI QIDQ2357293FDOQ2357293

Authors: Victor Roy, Shi Pu, Luciano Rezzolla, Dirk H. Rischke 

Publication date: 13 June 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the initial stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions, strong magnetic fields appear due to the large velocity of the colliding charges. The evolution of these fields appears as a novel and intriguing feature in the fluid-dynamical description of heavy-ion collisions. In this work, we study analytically the one-dimensional, longitudinally boost-invariant motion of an ideal fluid in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. Interestingly, we find that, in the limit of ideal magnetohydrodynamics, i.e., for infinite conductivity, and irrespective of the strength of the initial magnetization, the decay of the fluid energy density $e$ with proper time $au$ is the same as for the time-honored "Bjorken flow" without magnetic field. Furthermore, when the magnetic field is assumed to decay $sima{u}^{-a}$, where $a$ is an arbitrary number, two classes of analytic solutions can be found depending on whether $a$ is larger or smaller than one. In summary, the analytic solutions presented here highlight that the Bjorken flow is far more general than formerly thought. These solutions can serve both to gain insight on the dynamics of heavy-ion collisions in the presence of strong magnetic fields and as testbeds for numerical codes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.06620

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05)

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