Foundations and applications of quantum kinetic theory

Y Hidaka, S Pu, Q Wang, DL Yang - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many novel quantum phenomena emerge in non-equilibrium relativistic quantum matter
under extreme conditions such as strong magnetic fields and rotations. The quantum kinetic …

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 …

Local polarization and isothermal local equilibrium in relativistic heavy ion collisions

F Becattini, M Buzzegoli, A Palermo, G Inghirami… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We show that the inclusion of a recently found additional term of the spin polarization vector
at local equilibrium which is linear in the symmetrized gradients of the velocity field, and the …

Spin alignment of vector mesons in heavy-ion collisions

XL Sheng, L Oliva, ZT Liang, Q Wang, XN Wang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Polarized quarks and antiquarks in high-energy heavy-ion collisions can lead to the spin
alignment of vector mesons formed by quark coalescence. Using the relativistic spin …

Relativistic second-order dissipative spin hydrodynamics from the method of moments

N Weickgenannt, D Wagner, E Speranza, DH Rischke - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
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 …

Linearly stable and causal relativistic first-order spin hydrodynamics

N Weickgenannt - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We derive equations of motion for dissipative spin hydrodynamics from kinetic theory up to
first order in a gradient expansion. Choosing a specific form of the matching conditions …

Spin alignment of vector mesons by glasma fields

A Kumar, B Müller, DL Yang - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We explain how spin alignment of vector mesons can be induced by background fields, such
as electromagnetic fields or soft gluon fields. Our study is based on the quantum kinetic …

Reexamination of local spin polarization beyond global equilibrium in relativistic heavy ion collisions

C Yi, S Pu, DL Yang - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We study local spin polarization in the relativistic hydrodynamic model. Generalizing the
Wigner functions previously obtained from chiral kinetic theory by Y. Hidaka et al.[Phys. Rev …

Thermodynamic stability in relativistic viscous and spin hydrodynamics

X Ren, C Yang, DL Wang, S Pu - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We have applied thermodynamic stability analysis to derive the stability and causality
conditions for conventional relativistic viscous hydrodynamics and spin hydrodynamics. We …

Relativistic dissipative spin hydrodynamics from kinetic theory with a nonlocal collision term

N Weickgenannt, D Wagner, E Speranza, DH Rischke - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We derive relativistic dissipative spin hydrodynamics from kinetic theory featuring a nonlocal
collision term using the method of moments. In this framework, the components of the spin …