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The formulation of relativistic hydrodynamics for massive particles with spin 1/2 is shortly reviewed. The proposed framework is based on the Wigner function treated in a semi-classical approximation or, alternatively, on a classical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-17 Wojciech Florkowski

We review the theoretical framework for the calculation of particle polarization in relativistic heavy ion collisions within the hydrodynamical model. The covariant decomposition of the mean spin vector is presented and open theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 F. Becattini

Relativistic hydrodynamic equations for particles with spin one-half are used to determine the space-time evolution of the spin polarization in a boost-invariant and transversely homogeneous background. The hydrodynamic approach uses the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-24 Wojciech Florkowski , Avdhesh Kumar , Radoslaw Ryblewski , Rajeev Singh

We review the key steps of the relativistic fluid dynamics formalism with spin degrees of freedom initiated recently. We obtain equations of motion of the expansion of the system from the underlying definitions of quantum kinetic theory for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-06 Rajeev Singh

We present the exact form of the spin polarization vector and the spin density matrix of massive and massless free particles of any spin and helicity at general global equilibrium in a relativistic fluid with non-vanishing thermal…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-16 Andrea Palermo , Francesco Becattini

We derive an expression for the local transverse polarization of a boost-invariant expanding system of massive particles, which involves a set of dynamical spin moments. Starting from spin kinetic theory, we obtain a closed set of equations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-12 Nora Weickgenannt , Jean-Paul Blaizot

We study relativistic hydrodynamics in the presence of a non vanishing spin chemical potential. Using a variety of techniques we carry out an exhaustive analysis, and identify the constitutive relations for the stress tensor and spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-01 Domingo Gallegos , Umut Gursoy , Amos Yarom

In non-central relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the produced quark-gluon plasma (QGP) behaves approximately as a rotating fluid due to the system's initial angular momentum. In this rotating fluid, the spins of quarks become polarized due…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-22 Tianyang Li , Yunfei Fan , Anping Huang , Baoyi Chen

We review the calculation of polarization in a relativistic fluid within the framework of statistical quantum field theory. We derive the expressions of the spin density matrix and the mean spin vector both for a single quantum relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-31 F. Becattini

We consider relativistic charged particle dynamics and relativistic magnetohydrodynamics using symplectic structures and actions given in terms of co-adjoint orbits of the Poincar\'e group. The particle case is meant to clarify some points…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-19 Dimitra Karabali , V. P. Nair

An introduction to spin techniques in particle physics is given. Among the topics covered are: helicity formalism and its applications to the decay and scattering of spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles, techniques for evaluating helicity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Howard E. Haber

We develop a relativistic (quasi-)hydrodynamic framework, dubbed the gyrohydrodynamics, to describe fluid dynamics of many-body systems with spin under strong vorticity based on entropy-current analysis. This framework generalizes the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-04 Zheng Cao , Koichi Hattori , Masaru Hongo , Xu-Guang Huang , Hidetoshi Taya

The primary objective of this thesis is to develop a consistent theoretical framework of dissipative hydrodynamics for a relativistic fluid with spin - hereafter referred to as relativistic dissipative spin hydrodynamics. In this framework,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-25 Asaad Daher

Since the first evidence of a global polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in relativistic nuclear collisions in 2017, spin has opened a new window in the field, both at experimental and theoretical level, and an exciting perspective. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-28 F. Becattini

The dynamics of relativistic spinning particles in strong external electromagnetic or gravitational fields is discussed. Spin-orbit coupling is shown to affect such relativistic phenomena as time-dilation and perihelion shift. Possible…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-12 J. W. van Holten

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

Starting from the non-relativistic Pauli description of spin-1/2 particles, a set of fluid equations, governing the dynamics of such particles interacting with external fields and other particles, is derived. The equations describe…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Brodin , M. Marklund

The theory of real relativistic fluids is in the rather unique situation that there is a natural relativistic extension of the nonrelativistic theory, but it is physically untenable. On the other hand, mounting evidence that matter created…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-04 Esteban Calzetta

Heavy ion collisions generate strong fluid vorticty in the produced hot quark-gluon matter which could in turn induce measurable spin polarization of hadrons. We review recent progress on the vorticity formation and spin polarization in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-20 Xu-Guang Huang , Jinfeng Liao , Qun Wang , Xiao-Liang Xia

A model of two-component relativistic fluid is considered, and the thermal nature of coupling between the fluid constituents is outlined. This thermal coupling is responsible for non-ideality of the fluid composite where the components are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-08-16 Ernst Trojan , George V. Vlasov