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We outline an approach to irreversible thermodynamics leading to a set of covariant equations describing the evolution, along the world-line, of dissipative variables characterizing a relativistic heat-conducting viscous fluid.
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Galipò, M.P. A phenomenological causal theory for a relativistic heat-conducting viscous fluid. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 38, 233–236 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814634
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