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Ideal spin hydrodynamics from Wigner function approach

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-12-22 v2

Abstract

Based on the Wigner function in local equilibrium, we derive hydrodynamical quantities for a system of polarized spin-1/2 particles: the particle number current density, the energy-momentum tensor, the spin tensor, and the dipole moment tensor. Comparing with ideal hydrodynamics without spin, additional terms at first and second order in the Knudsen number Kn\text{Kn} and the average spin polarization χs\chi_s have been derived. The Wigner function can be expressed in terms of matrix-valued distributions, whose equilibrium forms are characterized by thermodynamical parameters in quantum statistics. The equations of motions for these parameters are derived by conservation laws at the leading and next-to-leading order Kn\text{Kn} and χs\chi_s.

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@article{arxiv.2107.00448,
  title  = {Ideal spin hydrodynamics from Wigner function approach},
  author = {Hao-Hao Peng and Jun-Jie Zhang and Xin-Li Sheng and Qun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.00448},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, no figure

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