Impact of spin polarization on transport and thermodynamic coefficients

Abstract

This work investigates the influence of parton spin polarization on effective transport and thermodynamic coefficients in noncentral light- and heavy-ion collisions. To model this influence, I consider two sources of spin polarization: thermal vorticity, induced by angular momentum, and thermal shear, arising from local velocity gradients. Using a novel kinetic theory framework, one finds that transport and thermodynamic coefficients -- including the speed of sound squared $c_s^2$, specific shear viscosity $\eta /s$, specific bulk viscosity $\zeta /s$, and mean free path $\lambda$ -- are substantially modified by spin polarization effects. Among the two sources, thermal vorticity-induced spin polarization dominates the modifications to these coefficients. Moreover, both $c_s^2$ and $\zeta /s$ exhibit a nonmonotonic dependence on the collision energy, and the associated scaling behaviors potentially serve as indicators of the critical phenomena of quantum chromodynamics.

10 pages, 6 figures, publish version

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