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Hydrodynamic effects on spin polarization along the beam direction in Au+Au and p+Pb collisions

Nuclear Theory 2025-09-03 v1

Abstract

We investigate hydrodynamic effects on the spin polarization of Λ\Lambda hyperons in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV and p+Pb collisions at sNN=8.16\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 8.16 TeV using the CLVisc hydrodynamic framework. We present numerical results for the second Fourier sine coefficient of the longitudinal spin polarization, Pzsin2(ϕpΨ2)\langle P_{z} \sin 2(\phi_{p} - \Psi_{2}) \rangle, as a function of multiplicity (centrality) under three equilibrium scenarios: Λ\Lambda equilibrium, ss-quark equilibrium, and isothermal equilibrium. We highlight the respective roles of thermal vorticity and the thermal-shear tensor in generating Pzsin2(ϕpΨ2)\langle P_{z} \sin 2(\phi_{p} - \Psi_{2}) \rangle across collision systems and scenarios.

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@article{arxiv.2509.00380,
  title  = {Hydrodynamic effects on spin polarization along the beam direction in Au+Au and p+Pb collisions},
  author = {Cong Yi and Xiang-Yu Wu and Jie Zhu and Shi Pu and Guang-You Qin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.00380},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of Quark Matter 2025