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Kubo formula for spin hydrodynamics: spin chemical potential as leading order in gradient expansion

Nuclear Theory 2024-10-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present a first-order dissipative spin hydrodynamic framework, where the spin chemical potential ωμν\omega^{\mu\nu} is treated as the leading term in the hydrodynamic gradient expansion, i.e., ωμνO(1)\omega^{\mu\nu}\sim \mathcal{O}(1). We argue that for the consistency of the theoretical framework, the energy-momentum tensor needs to be symmetric at least up to order O()\mathcal{O}(\partial). We consider the phenomenological form of the spin tensor, where it is anti-symmetric in the last two indices only. A comprehensive analysis of spin hydrodynamics is conducted using both macroscopic entropy current analysis and microscopic Kubo formalism, establishing consistency between the two approaches. A key finding is the entropy production resulting from spin-orbit coupling, which alters the traditional equivalence between the Landau and Eckart fluid frames. Additionally, we identify cross-diffusion effects, where vector dissipative currents are influenced by gradients of both spin chemical potential and chemical potential corresponding to the conserved charge through off-diagonal transport coefficients. Two distinct methods for decomposing the spin tensor are proposed, and their equivalence is demonstrated through Kubo relations.

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@article{arxiv.2410.04141,
  title  = {Kubo formula for spin hydrodynamics: spin chemical potential as leading order in gradient expansion},
  author = {Sourav Dey and Arpan Das},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.04141},
  year   = {2024}
}

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25 pages, No figures, Comments are welcome