Does the spin tensor play any role in non-gravitational physics?

Abstract

In view of the recent polarization measurements in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions, we discuss the possibility of a physical meaning of the spin angular momentum in quantum field theory and relativistic hydrodynamics.

4 pages, 1 figure; talk given in the 28th international conference Quark Matter

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• Local thermodynamical equilibrium and the beta frame for a quantum relativistic fluid
• Hydrodynamics of massive particles with spin 1/2

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