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Spin polarized states in nuclear matter with an effective nucleon-nucleon interaction are studied for a wide range of isospin asymmetries and densities. Based on a Fermi liquid theory, it is shown that there are a few possible scenarios of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-09-22 A. A. Isayev

We discuss the information that can be deduced from a measurement of particle (hyperon or vector meson) polarization in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions. We describe the sensitivity of polarization to initial conditions, hydrodynamic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Barbara Betz , Miklos Gyulassy , Giorgio Torrieri

Global polarization of hyperons induced by the local vorticity of the medium created in heavy-ion collisions at energies 2.3\,GeV$\le\sqrt{s_{NN}}\le$11.5 GeV is calculated in the parton-hadron-string dynamic (PHSD) model. The separation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-12 V. Voronyuk , E. E. Kolomeitsev , N. S. Tsegelnik

We perform a systematic study on the local and global spin polarization of $\Lambda$ and $\overline{\Lambda}$ hyperons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at beam energy scan energies via the (3+1)-dimensional CLVisc hydrodynamics model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-28 Xiang-Yu Wu , Cong Yi , Guang-You Qin , Shi Pu

The influence of the core polarization on the effective nuclear interaction of asymmetric nuclear matter is calculated in the framework of the induced interaction theory. The strong isospin dependence of the density and spin density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-25 S. S. Zhang , L. G. Cao , U. Lombardo , P. Schuck

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

We present an analytically solvable model based on the blast-wave picture of heavy-ion collisions with flow-momentum correspondence. It can describe the key features of spin polarizations in heavy-ion collisions. With the analytical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-27 Anum Arslan , Wen-Bo Dong , Guo-Liang Ma , Shi Pu , Qun Wang

Nuclear spins and paramagnetic centers in a solid randomly group to form clusters featuring nearly-degenerate, hybrid states whose dynamics are central to processes involving nuclear spin-lattice relaxation and diffusion. Their…

We discuss anomalous spin polarization on the surface of nuclear pasta in a neutron star, driven by a nuclear spin-orbit interaction. We present an effective two-band model of surface-localized neutrons near the nuclear pasta. The central…

We revisit the azimuthal angle dependence of the local spin polarization of hyperons in heavy-ion collisions at 200 GeV in the framework of the (3+1)D viscous hydrodynamic model CLVisc. Two different initial conditions are considered in our…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-06 Hong-Zhong Wu , Long-Gang Pang , Xu-Guang Huang , Qun Wang

The relation between energy and density (known as the nuclear equation of state) plays a major role in a variety of nuclear and astrophysical systems. Spin and isospin asymmetries can have a dramatic impact on the equation of state and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Sammarruca , P. G. Krastev

The system created in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions is known to behave as an almost ideal liquid. In non-central collisions, due to the large orbital momentum, such a system might be the fluid with the highest vorticity ever created…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-05-16 F. Becattini , I. Karpenko , M. Lisa , I. Upsal , S. Voloshin

The global spin polarization of hyperons in heavy-ion collisions have been investigated by including spin correlation effects among their constituent quarks. The available data on global spin polarizations of hyperons and spin alignments of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-12 Lucia Oliva , Qun Wang , Xin-Nian Wang

We theoretically study the nuclear spin dynamics driven by electron transport and hyperfine interaction in an electrically-defined double quantum dot (DQD) in the Pauli-blockade regime. We derive a master-equation-based framework and show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-03 Martin J. A. Schuetz , Eric M. Kessler , Lieven M. K. Vandersypen , J. Ignacio Cirac , Geza Giedke

Based on the Isospin-dependent transport model Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (IBUU), effects of the difference of the high momentum tails (HMTs) of nucleon momentum distribution in colliding nuclei on some isospin-sensitive observables are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-03 Zu-Xing Yang , Xiao-Hua Fan , Gao-Chan Yong , Wei Zuo

We investigate the spin polarization of \tau^{\pm} leptons produced in \nu_{\tau} and \bar{\nu}_{\tau} nucleon scattering via charged currents. Quasi-elastic scattering, \Delta resonance production and deep inelastic scattering processes…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Hagiwara , K. Mawatari , H. Yokoya

We give a theoretical perspective on the vorticity and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions. We discuss the recent progress in spin hydrodynamics and spin kinetic theory. We also discuss other effects caused by vorticity including the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Xu-Guang Huang

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 study of spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions provides insights into the angular momentum and vortical structure of the possible existence of QGP. The present study examines the global spin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-16 Bhagyarathi Sahoo , Captain R. Singh , Raghunath Sahoo

We develop a quantum spin-density-matrix framework for heavy-quark spin dynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Starting from an initial polarization induced along the magnetic-field direction, we derive the evolution equation for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-08 Sunil Jaiswal , Sourav Dey , Amaresh Jaiswal