Abstract
We compute the shear and bulk viscosities, as well as the thermal
conductivity, of an ultrarelativistic fluid obeying the relativistic
Boltzmann equation in 2 + 1 space time dimensions. The relativistic
Boltzmann equation is taken in the single relaxation time approximation,
based on two approaches, the first due to Marle and using the Eckart
decomposition, and the second proposed by Anderson and Witting and using
the Landau-Lifshitz decomposition. In both cases, the local equilibrium
is given by a Maxwell-Juttner distribution. It is shown that, apart from
slightly different numerical prefactors, the two models lead to a
different dependence of the transport coefficients on the fluid
temperature, quadratic and linear, for the case of Marle and
Anderson-Witting, respectively. However, by modifying the Marle model
according to the prescriptions given in previous results, it is found
that the temperature dependence becomes the same as for the
Anderson-Witting model.
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