17–29 Aug 2017
Europe/Athens timezone
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Vorticity and polarization in baryon-rich matter formed in heavy ion collisions

19 Aug 2017, 12:50
30m
Room 1 (Auditorium, Main Session)

Room 1 (Auditorium, Main Session)

Talk Walter Greiner Memorial session W. Greiner Memorial Session

Speaker

Prof. Alexander Sorin (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

Description

We study the structure of vorticity and hydrodynamic helicity fields in peripheral heavy ion collisions using the kinetic Quark-Gluon String and Hadron-String Dynamics models. We observe the formation of specific toroidal structures of vorticity field (vortex sheets). Their existence is mirrored in the polarization of hyperons of the percent order. Its rapid decrease with energy was predicted and recently confirmed by STAR collaboration. The energy dependence is sensitive to the temperature dependent term derived and discussed in various theoretical approaches. The antihyperon polarization is of the same sign and larger magnitude. The crucial role of strange vector mesons is also discussed.

Topic: Topic: Heavy Ion Collisions and Critical Phenomena

Authors

Dr Mircea Baznat (Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova) Prof. Konstantin Gudima (Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova) Prof. Alexander Sorin (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU)) Prof. Oleg Teryaev (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))

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