[HTML][HTML] Polarization and vorticity in the quark–gluon plasma

F Becattini, MA Lisa - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The quark–gluon plasma (QGP) produced by collisions between ultrarelativistic heavy
nuclei is well described in the language of hydrodynamics. Noncentral collisions are …

Spin and polarization: a new direction in relativistic heavy ion physics

F Becattini - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the first evidence of a global polarization of Λ hyperons in relativistic nuclear collisions
in 2017, spin has opened a new window in the field, both at experimental and theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] The BEST framework for the search for the QCD critical point and the chiral magnetic effect

X An, M Bluhm, L Du, GV Dunne, H Elfner, C Gale… - Nuclear Physics A, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Collaboration was formed with the goal of
providing a theoretical framework for analyzing data from the Beam Energy Scan (BES) …

Incomplete electromagnetic response of hot QCD matter

Z Wang, J Zhao, C Greiner, Z Xu, P Zhuang - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
The electromagnetic response of hot QCD matter to decaying external magnetic fields is
investigated. We examine the validity of Ohm's law and find that the induced electric current …

Chiral magnetic effect reveals the topology of gauge fields in heavy-ion collisions

DE Kharzeev, J Liao - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The topological structure of vacuum is the cornerstone of non-Abelian gauge theories
describing strong and electroweak interactions within the standard model of particle physics …

From chiral kinetic theory to relativistic viscous spin hydrodynamics

S Shi, C Gale, S Jeon - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
In this paper, we start with chiral kinetic theory and construct the spin hydrodynamic
framework for a chiral spinor system. Using the 14-moment expansion formalism, we obtain …

Hydrodynamic study of hyperon spin polarization in relativistic heavy ion collisions

B Fu, K Xu, XG Huang, H Song - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We perform a systematic study of the spin polarization of hyperons in heavy ion collisions
using the music hydrodynamic model with a multiphase transport preequilibrium dynamics …

Anomalous chiral transports and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions

YC Liu, XG Huang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Recent developments in chiral and spin polarization effects in heavy-ion collisions

JH Gao, GL Ma, S Pu, Q Wang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2020 - Springer
We give a brief overview of recent theoretical and experimental results on the chiral
magnetic effect and spin polarization effect in heavy-ion collisions. We present updated …

Hyperon polarization from the vortical fluid in low-energy nuclear collisions

Y Guo, J Liao, E Wang, H Xing, H Zhang - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
In 2017, the STAR Collaboration reported the measurements of hyperon global polarization
in heavy ion collisions, suggesting the subatomic fireball fluid created in these collisions as …