Evolution of global polarization in relativistic heavy-ion collisions within a perturbative approach

Abstract Extremely large angular orbital momentum can be produced in non-central heavy-ion collisions, leading to a strong transverse polarization of partons that scatter through the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) due to spin-orbital coupling. We develop a perturbative approach to describe the formation a...

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Main Authors: Xiaowen Li, Ze-Fang Jiang, Shanshan Cao, Jian Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-01-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11257-9