The non-isentropic Einstein-Euler system written in a symmetric hyperbolic form

Abstract

We cast the non--isentropic relativistic Euler system into a symmetric hyperbolic form. Such systems are very suited to treat initial value problems of hyperbolic type. We obtain this form by using the pressure $p$ and not the density $\rho$ as a variable. However, the system becomes degenerate when the pressure $p$ approaches zero, and in these cases we regularise the system by replacing the pressure with an appropriate new matter variable, the Makino variable.