Stochastic Navier-Stokes equations for compressible fluids

Abstract: We study the Navier-Stokes equations governing the motion of isentropic compressible fluid in three dimensions driven by a multiplicative stochastic forcing. In particular, we consider a stochastic perturbation of the system as a function of momentum and density, which is affine linear in momentum and satisfies suitable growth assumptions with respect to density, and establish existence of the so-called finite energy weak martingale solution under the condition that the adiabatic constant satisfies $\gamma>3/2$. The proof is based on a four layer approximation scheme together with a refined stochastic compactness method and a careful identification of the limit procedure.