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Femto-cyclones and hyperon polarization in Heavy-Ion Collisions

Nuclear Theory 2016-03-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We study the structure of vorticity and hydrodynamic helicity fields in peripheral heavy-ion collisions using the kinetic Quark-Gluon String Model. The angular momentum conservation within this model holds with a good accuracy. We observe the formation of specific toroidal structures of vorticity field (vortex sheets). Their existence is mirrored in the polarization of hyperons of the percent order.

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@article{arxiv.1507.04652,
  title  = {Femto-cyclones and hyperon polarization in Heavy-Ion Collisions},
  author = {M. I. Baznat and K. K. Gudima and A. S. Sorin and O. V. Teryaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.04652},
  year   = {2016}
}

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LaTeX, 12 pages, 7 figures