Spin polarization measurements in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Abstract
The hot and dense matter formed in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is termed quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The evolution of the medium is characterized by non-trivial velocity and vorticity fields, resulting in the polarization of the produced particles. The spin polarization, being sensitive to the hydrothermal (flow velocity and temperature) gradients, is unique compared to conventional observables that are sensitive to the hydrothermal fields only. Hence, the recent measurements of global and local hyperon spin polarization and vector meson spin alignment by the LHC and STAR collaborations provide a unique opportunity to probe the QGP substructure with finer details.
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@article{arxiv.2209.03689,
title = {Spin polarization measurements in relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
author = {Debojit Sarkar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.03689},
year = {2022}
}
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Presented at Quark Matter 2022 (Krakow, Poland, Plenary Session VII)-- https://indico.cern.ch/event/895086/contributions/4615144/