Polarization and Chirality: the quantum features of the Quark Gluon Plasma

Abstract

Polarization and chirality are direct manifestations of quantum mechanics in the Quark Gluon Plasma as a relativistic fluid. This is one of the reasons why they are intriguing phenomena, that have attracted so much attention lately. In this talk I will review what is, in my view, the current theoretical understanding and highlight the most interesting recent result.

Comments: 7 pages, plenary talk given at the conference Quark Matter 2018. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1711.08780