We review the present status of the search for a phase transition and critical point as well as
anomalous transport phenomena in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), with an emphasis …

The quark–gluon plasma (QGP) produced by collisions between ultrarelativistic heavy
nuclei is well described in the language of hydrodynamics. Noncentral collisions are …

The extreme energy densities generated by ultra-relativistic collisions between heavy atomic
nuclei produce a state of matter that behaves surprisingly like a fluid, with exceptionally high …

We study the spin polarization generated by the hydrodynamic gradients. In addition to the
widely studied thermal vorticity effects, we identify an undiscovered contribution from the …

The Λ (Λ¯) hyperon polarization along the beam direction has been measured in Au+ Au
collisions at s NN= 200 GeV, for the first time in heavy-ion collisions. The polarization …

We derive the Boltzmann equation and the collision kernel for massive spin-1/2 particles,
using the Wigner-function formalism and employing an expansion in powers of ℏ. The …

We derive the collision term in the Boltzmann equation using the equation of motion for the
Wigner function of massive spin-1/2 particles. To next-to-lowest order in ℏ, it contains a …

The system created in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions is known to behave as an almost
ideal liquid. In noncentral collisions, because of the large orbital momentum, such a system …

We derive relativistic second-order dissipative fluid-dynamical equations of motion for
massive spin-1/2 particles from kinetic theory using the method of moments. Besides the …

Many novel quantum phenomena emerge in non-equilibrium relativistic quantum matter
under extreme conditions such as strong magnetic fields and rotations. The quantum kinetic …