arXiv · 2204.01357
Relativistic Spin Magnetohydrodynamics
Abstract
Starting from kinetic theory description of massive spin-1/2 particles in presence of magnetic field, equations for relativistic dissipative non-resistive magnetohydrodynamics are obtained in the small polarization limit. We use a relaxation time approximation for the collision kernel in the relativistic Boltzmann equation and calculate non-equilibrium corrections to the phase-space distribution function of spin-polarizable particles. We demonstrate that our framework naturally leads to emergence of the well known Einstein-de Hass and Barnett effects. We obtain multiple transport coefficients and show, for the first time, that the coupling between spin and magnetic field appear at gradient order in hydrodynamic equations.
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Samapan Bhadury, Wojciech Florkowski, Amaresh Jaiswal, Avdhesh Kumar, Radoslaw Ryblewski. 2022-04-04. Relativistic Spin Magnetohydrodynamics. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.192301
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