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Data on the nucleon spin structure suggests that the $u$ (and $d$) quark distributions in the $\Lambda$ hyperon may be polarized. If this correlation carries over into fragmentation, then the study of polarized $\Lambda$'s in the current…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-06 R. L. Jaffe

Considering the possible interpretation of the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule violation that the strange quark in the polarized proton is remarkably polarized in the opposite direction of the proton spin, we investigate its implication in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 Wei Lu , Bo-Qiang Ma

The longstanding problem of explaining the observed polarization of Lambda hyperons inclusively produced in the high energy collisions of unpolarized hadrons is tackled by considering spin and k_T dependent quark fragmentation functions.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Anselmino , D. Boer , U. D'Alesio , F. Murgia

Magnetic field plays a crucial role in various novel phenomena in heavy-ion collisions. We solve the Maxwell equations numerically in a medium with time-dependent electric conductivity by using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-06 Hui Li , Xiao-Liang Xia , Xu-Guang Huang , Huan Zhong Huang

In this paper, we study the polarization of a gravitational wave (GW) emitted by an astrophysical source at a cosmic distance propagating through the Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walk universe. By considering the null geodesic deviations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-25 Jia-Xi Feng , Fu-Wen Shu , Anzhong Wang

The complete calculation of the CMB polarization observables (i.e. E- and B-modes) is reported within the conventional $\Lambda$CDM paradigm supplemented by a stochastic magnetic field. Intriguing perspectives for present and forthcoming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-15 Massimo Giovannini , Kerstin E. Kunze

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

Context: Differential rotation in stars is driven by turbulent transport of angular momentum. Aims: To measure and parametrize the non-diffusive contribution to turbulent stress, known as $\Lambda$ effect, and its quenching as a function of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-12 Petri J. Käpylä

In non-central nuclear collisions, the created matter should exhibit strong vorticity, which induces spin polarization. Global polarization is a good tool to investigate the dynamics of the system. Global polarization of $\Lambda$ and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-02-16 Kosuke Okubo

We study ballistic transport through semiconductor quantum point contact systems under different confinement geometries and applied fields. In particular, we investigate how the {\em lateral} spin-orbit coupling, introduced by asymmetric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Anh T. Ngo , P. Debray , Sergio Ulloa

The effects of core polarization and tensor coupling on the magnetic moments in $^{13}_\Lambda$C, $^{17}_\Lambda$O, and $^{41}_\Lambda$Ca $\Lambda$-hypernuclei are studied in the Dirac equation with scalar, vector and tensor potentials. It…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 J. M. Yao , H. F. Lu , G. Hillhouse , J. Meng

We study the response of diquark wave function in \Lambda-type baryons to strong magnetic fields. It is found that quantum state of J=0 diquark (ud) in the magnetic field changes due to magnetic polarizability, and constituent quarks in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-02-05 Peter Filip

Spin waves in ferromagnetic materials are predominantly characterized by right-handed circular polarization due to symmetry breaking induced by net magnetization. However, magnetic interactions, including the external magnetic field,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-21 Yutian Wang , Ruoban Ma , Jiang Xiao

Spin polarization provides a novel probe of the rotational properties of the quark-gluon plasma formed in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. This work investigates the equation of state, particularly its transport and thermodynamic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-12 De-Xian Wei

By using the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with a tensor-type four-point interaction between quarks, it is shown that there exists a possibility of a spin polarized phase in quark matter at finite temperature and density. When there exists the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-14 Y. Tsue , J. da Providencia , C. Providencia , H. Matsuoka , M. Yamamura , H. Bohr

It is shown that neutrino and antineutrino deep inelastic scattering of unpolarized and polarized $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ productions, can provide a clean separation of unpolarized and polarized fragmentation functions of a quark into…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Bo-Qiang Ma , Jacques Soffer

Due to the presence of a large orbital angular momentum of the parton system produced at the early stage of non-central heavy-ion collisions, quarks and anti-quarks are shown to be polarized in the direction opposite to the reaction plane…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zuo-tang Liang

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 spontaneous spin polarization of strongly interacting matter due to axial-vector and tensor type interactions is studied at zero temperature and high baryon-number densities. We start with the mean-field Lagrangian for the axial-vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-20 Tomoyuki Maruyama , Eiji Nakano , Kota Yanase , Naotaka Yoshinaga

Because of the peculiar coupling of spatial and spin degrees of freedom effected by the Rashba spin-orbit interaction, lateral confinement of a two dimensional electronic system leads to a finite transverse spin polarization near the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Chesi , G. F. Giuliani