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In non-central high energy heavy ion collisions the colliding system posses a huge orbital angular momentum in the direction opposite to the normal of the reaction plane. Due to the spin-orbit coupling in strong interaction, such huge…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-21 Jian-Hua Gao , Zuo-Tang Liang , Qun Wang , Xin-Nian Wang

Recent progress of the quantum molecular dynamics model for describing the dynamics of heavy-ion collisions is viewed, in particular the nuclear fragmentation, isospin physics, particle production and in-medium effect, hadron-induced…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-01 Zhao-Qing Feng

We give a brief overview about recent developments in theories and experiments on the global and local spin polarization in heavy ion collisions.

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Using an isospin-dependent transport model, we have studied the isospin and momentum relaxation times in the heavy residues formed in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies. It is found that only at incident energies below the Fermi…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Bao-An Li , C. M. Ko

In heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies, the production and propagation of $\Delta$ particles are crucial to understanding the nuclear equation of state and inferring the properties of nuclear matter at high densities. Based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-29 Manzi Nan , Pengcheng Li , Yongjia Wang , Qingfeng Li , Wei Zuo

Based on the formalism presented in [1], we make a systematic study of spin polarizations of hadrons with different spins including vector mesons, spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 hyperons and spin correlations of hadron-hadron such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-17 Ji-peng Lv , Zi-han Yu , Xiao-wen Li , Zuo-tang Liang

We explore the influence of in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section, symmetry potential and impact parameter on isospin sensitive observables in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions with the ImQMD05 code, a modified version of Quantum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-19 Yingxun Zhang , D. D. S. Coupland , P. Danielewicz , Zhuxia Li , Hang Liu , Fei Lu , W. G. Lynch , M. B. Tsang

Within the framework of the Lanzhou quantum molecular dynamics (LQMD) transport model, the isospin effect in peripheral heavy-ion collisions has been investigated thoroughly. A coalescence approach is used for recognizing the primary…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-04-08 Ya-Fei Guo , Peng-Hui Chen , Fei Niu , Zhao-Qing Feng

Nucleon-nucleon (NN) cross sections are evaluated in neutron-rich matter using a scaling model according to nucleon effective masses. It is found that the in-medium NN cross sections are not only reduced but also have a different isospin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen

Large orbital angular momentum can be generated in non-central heavy-ion collisions, and part of it is expected to be converted into final particle's polarization due to the spin-orbit coupling. Within the framework of A Multi-Phase…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-08 Xiao-Liang Xia , Hui Li , Qun Wang

Relativistic heavy-ion collisions create hot quark-gluon plasma as well as very strong electromagnetic (EM) and fluid vortical fields. The strong EM field and vorticity can induce intriguing macroscopic quantum phenomena such as chiral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-05-26 Yu-Chen Liu , Xu-Guang Huang

We give an analytical expression for the in-plane polarization $P^{x}$, in heavy-ion collisions that has, to our knowledge, not been measured in heavy-ion collision experiments. We also carry out a numerical study of $P^{x}$ using a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-11 Anum Arslan , Wen-Bo Dong , Charles Gale , Sangyong Jeon , Qun Wang , Xiang-Yu Wu

In the 1970s, an unexpected transverse $\Lambda$ polarization in unpolarized proton-Beryllium collisions was discovered, which initiated extensive studies on spin phenomena in high-energy physics. Over the past five decades, similar…

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We study the longitudinal spin polarization of a relativistic fluid of massive spin-1/2 particles undergoing a boost-invariant expansion in the longitudinal direction and rotating in the transverse plane. We express the polarization vector…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-18 Nora Weickgenannt , Jean-Paul Blaizot

The transverse polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons within unpolarized jets originates from the transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) fragmentation function $D_{1T}^\perp (z, p_T, \mu^2)$. In the vacuum environment, the QCD evolution of this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-12 Xin-yu Qin , Yu-Kun Song , Shu-yi Wei

We investigate reaction mechanisms occurring in heavy ion collisions at low energy (around 20 MeV/u). In particular, we focus on the competition between fusion and break-up processes (Deep-Inelastic and fragmentation) in semi-peripheral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 L. Shvedov , M. Colonna , M. Di Toro

A strong differential transverse collective flow is predicted for the first time to occur in heavy-ion collisions at balance energies. We also give a novel explanation for the disappearance of the total transverse collective flow at the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Bao-An Li , Andrew T. Sustich

Using the local equilibrium density operator, we develop a geometry-informed linear response theory that takes into account the parameterization of the freezeout hypersurface before the gradient expansion is carried out. Assuming local…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-12 Andrea Palermo , Masoud Shokri

We present a framework for spin dynamics in the quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Under the approximation of small polarization, macroscopic spin degrees of freedom decouple from the background, and their…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-13 Sapna , Sushant K. Singh , David Wagner

We consider the momentum distribution and the polarization of an inclusive heavy fermion in a process assumed to arise from standard-model (SM) $s$-channel exchange of a virtual $\gamma$ or $Z$ with a further contribution from physics…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-15 B. Ananthanarayan , Saurabh D. Rindani