Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields
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Müller, B; Yang, D-L
Published in: Phys. Rev. D
October 29, 2021
We study the important, yet widely overlooked, role of gluons for spin transport with a connection to local parity violation in quark gluon plasmas. We employ the formalism of quantum kinetic theory to quarks in weakly coupled quantum chromodynamics to derive the source terms for quark spin polarization. These source terms involve parity-odd correlators of dynamically generated color fields in near-equilibrium quark gluon plasmas and give rise to locally fluctuating axial charge currents. Our results provide a possible explanation for the spin alignment of vector mesons measured in high-energy nuclear collisions.
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Phys. Rev. D
Publication Date
October 29, 2021
Volume
105
Start / End Page
1
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Müller, B., & Yang, D.-L. (2021). Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields. Phys. Rev. D, 105, 1.
Müller, Berndt, and Di-Lun Yang. “Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields.” Phys. Rev. D 105 (October 29, 2021): 1.
Müller B, Yang D-L. Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields. Phys Rev D. 2021 Oct 29;105:1.
Müller, Berndt, and Di-Lun Yang. “Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields.” Phys. Rev. D, vol. 105, Oct. 2021, p. 1.
Müller B, Yang D-L. Anomalous spin polarization from turbulent color fields. Phys Rev D. 2021 Oct 29;105:1.
Published In
Phys. Rev. D
Publication Date
October 29, 2021
Volume
105
Start / End Page
1