Hydrodynamics of spin currents
Domingo Gallegos, Umut Gursoy, Amos Yarom
SciPost Phys. 11, 041 (2021) · published 26 August 2021
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.11.2.041
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Abstract
We study relativistic hydrodynamics in the presence of a non vanishing spin chemical potential. Using a variety of techniques we carry out an exhaustive analysis, and identify the constitutive relations for the stress tensor and spin current in such a setup, allowing us to write the hydrodynamic equations of motion to second order in derivatives. We then solve the equations of motion in a perturbative setup and find surprisingly good agreement with measurements of global $\Lambda$-hyperon polarization carried out at RHIC.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 Angel Domingo Gallegos,
- 1 Umut Gürsoy,
- 2 Amos Yarom
Funders for the research work leading to this publication
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [CONACYT]
- Israel Science Foundation [ISF]
- Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap / Ministry of Education Culture and Science [OCW]
- United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (through Organization: United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation [BSF])