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The quark-gluon plasma produced by collisions between ultra-relativistic heavy nuclei is well described in the language of hydrodynamics. Non-central collisions are characterized by very large angular momentum, which in a fluid system…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-03-10 Francesco Becattini , Michael Lisa

We present a calculation of the spin polarization of spin-1/2 fermions in a relativistic fluid at local thermodynamic equilibrium at the second order in the gradient expansion, including second-order derivatives. The second-order derivative…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-22 Xin-Li Sheng , Francesco Becattini , Xu-Guang Huang , Zhong-Hua Zhang

We calculate the polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in Au-Au collisions at RHIC Beam Energy Scan range $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=7.7, \dots, 200$ GeV in a state-of-the-art 3+1 dimensional cascade + viscous hydro model vHLLE+UrQMD. We find that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-08 Iu. Karpenko , F. Becattini

Since the observation of $\Lambda$ global polarization at RHIC, indicating the most vortical fluid ever observed so far, many experimental and theoretical progresses have been made in understanding of vorticity and polarization phenomena in…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-11-30 Takafumi Niida

We performed a systematic study on the formation of vorticity rings as the process for jet thermalization in the medium created in high-energy nuclear collisions. In this work, we expanded our previous analysis to a more realistic framework…

We calculate the Lambda polarization in an exact analytical, rotating model based on parameters extracted from a high resolution (3+1)D Particle-in-Cell Relativistic hydrodynamics calculation. The polarization is attributed to effects from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 Yilong Xie , Robert C. Glastad , Laszlo P. Csernai

In 2017, STAR Collaboration reported the measurements of hyperon global polarization in heavy ion collisions, suggesting the subatomic fireball fluid created in these collisions as the most vortical fluid. There remains the interesting…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-21 Yu Guo , Jinfeng Liao , Enke Wang , Hongxi Xing , Hui Zhang

We study the local structure of the vorticity field and the $\Lambda$ polarization in Au+Au collisions in the energy range $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=7.7$--$200$ GeV and Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2760$ GeV using A Multi-Phase…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-13 Xiao-Liang Xia , Hui Li , Zebo Tang , Qun Wang

Since its discovery, global polarization of the $\Lambda$ hyperon in heavy-ion collisions has been firmly established and is widely attributed to the large vorticity generated in the rotating quark-gluon plasma. In contrast, nearly fifty…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-23 Feng Liu , Zhoudunming Tu

The spin polarization measurements of particles emitted in heavy-ion collisions have opened the possibility for new phenomenological investigations of spin physics in relativistic fluids. The theoretical predictions of global polarization…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-13 M. Buzzegoli , F. Becattini , G. Inghirami , I. Karpenko , A. Palermo

Relativistic hydrodynamics has been quite successful in describing the properties of strongly-interacting matter produced in heavy-ion collision experiments. Recently, there has been a significant advancement in this field to explain the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-03 Rajeev Singh

We study the formation of fluid vorticity and the hyperon polarization in heavy-ion collisions at NICA energies in the framework of the Parton-Hadron-String Dynamic Model, taking into account both hadronic and quark-gluonic (partonic)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-06-13 E. E. Kolomeitsev , V. D. Toneev , V. Voronyuk

We show that spin polarization of a fermion in a relativistic fluid at local thermodynamic equilibrium can be generated by the symmetric derivative of the four-temperature vector, defined as thermal shear. As a consequence, besides…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-21 F. Becattini , M. Buzzegoli , A. Palermo

Based on the three-fluid model, the global $\Lambda$ polarization in Au+Au collisions at 2.4 $\leq\sqrt{s_{NN}}\leq$ 7.7 GeV is calculated, including its rapidity and centrality dependence. Contributions from the thermal vorticity and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-13 Yu. B. Ivanov , A. A. Soldatov

In these proceedings I discuss the recent progress in the theory of spin polarization in relativistic fluids. To date, a number of studies have begun to examine the impact of the shear tensor on the local spin polarization and whether this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 Matteo Buzzegoli

The gold--gold collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=7.7$ and $11.5$GeV are simulated within the PHSD transport model. In each collision event, the spectator nucleons are separated and the fluidization procedure for the participants is performed.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-24 Nikita Tsegelnik , Evgeni Kolomeitsev , Vadym Voronyuk

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 investigate hydrodynamic effects on the spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and p+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 8.16$ TeV using the CLVisc hydrodynamic framework. We present…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Cong Yi , Xiang-Yu Wu , Jie Zhu , Shi Pu , Guang-You Qin

We study the energy dependence of global polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in peripheral $Au-Au$ collisions. We combine the calculation of vorticity and strange chemical potential in the framework of kinetic Quark-Gluon String Model with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-25 Mircea Baznat , Konstantin Gudima , Alexander Sorin , Oleg Teryaev

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