Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The Carrollian fluid equations arise from the equations for relativistic fluids in the limit as the speed of light vanishes, and have recently experienced a surge of interest in the theoretical physics community in the context of asymptotic symmetries and flat‐space holography. In this paper, we initiate the rigorous systematic analysis of these equations by studying them in one space dimension in the setting. We begin by proposing a notion of isentropic Carrollian equations, and use this to reduce the Carrollian equations to a system of conservation laws. Using the scheme of Lax, we then classify when solutions to the isentropic Carrollian equations exist globally, or blow up in finite time. Our analysis assumes a Carrollian analogue of a constitutive relation for the Carrollian energy density, with exponent in the range .
DOI: 10.1112/jlms.70354
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,930
OpenAlex ID: W4416414757