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The momentum distribution of Lambda^0 hyperons produced from the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions is calculated in dependence on their polarization. The momentum distribution of Lambda^0 hyperons is…

We investigate the spin alignment of vector mesons arising from locally polarized quarks and anti-quarks (local spin alignment) in heavy-ion collisions. We find that $\rho_{00}\neq 1/3$ does not necessarily signal the global polarization of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-30 Xiao-Liang Xia , Hui Li , Xu-Guang Huang , Huan Zhong Huang

Experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have measured the net polarization of $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ hyperons and attributed it to a coupling between their spin and the vorticity of the fluid created in heavy ion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-25 Joseph I. Kapusta , Ermal Rrapaj , Serge Rudaz

We study the rotational collective motion of the quark-gluon plasma in relativistic heavy ion collisions using the widely-adopted AMPT (A Multi-Phase Transport) model. The global angular momentum, the average vorticity carried by the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-28 Yin Jiang , Zi-Wei Lin , Jinfeng Liao

The longstanding problem of explaining the observed polarization of Lambda hyperons inclusively produced in the high energy collisions of unpolarized hadrons is tackled by considering spin and k_T dependent quark fragmentation functions.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Anselmino , D. Boer , U. D'Alesio , F. Murgia

The space-time evolution of the source of particles formed in the collision of nuclei can be studied through particle correlations. The STAR experiment is dedicated to study ultra-relativistic heavy ions collisions and allows to measure…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 G. Renault , the STAR Collaboration

The global spin polarization of hyperons in heavy-ion collisions have been investigated by including spin correlation effects among their constituent quarks. The available data on global spin polarizations of hyperons and spin alignments of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-12 Lucia Oliva , Qun Wang , Xin-Nian Wang

We investigate hydrodynamic effects on the spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and p+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 8.16$ TeV using the CLVisc hydrodynamic framework. We present…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Cong Yi , Xiang-Yu Wu , Jie Zhu , Shi Pu , Guang-You Qin

The $\Lambda$ spin polarization is a crucial probe of the gradients of velocity and temperature in the quark-gluon plasma generated in heavy-ion collisions. However, it is still not systematically used to tune hydrodynamic models. In this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-28 Andrea Palermo

We have revisited the spin dynamics in intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions based on the improved spin- and isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck transport model, particularly with the constraint of rigorous angular momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-18 Rong-Jun Liu , Jun Xu

We calculate the longitudinal polarizations of hyperons in high $p_\perp$ jets in $pp$ collisions in which one of the protons is longitudinally polarized at RHIC energies using different models for the spin transfer in fragmentation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Qing-hua Xu , Chun-xiu Liu , Zuo-tang Liang

We performed a systematic study on the formation of vorticity rings as the process for jet thermalization in the medium created in high-energy nuclear collisions. In this work, we expanded our previous analysis to a more realistic framework…

The strange baryon production in Bi+Bi collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=9.0$\,GeV is studied using the PHSD transport model. Hyperon and anti-hyperon yields, transverse momentum spectra, and rapidity spectra are calculated, their centrality…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-15 Nikita S. Tsegelnik , Vadym Voronyuk , Evgeni E. Kolomeitsev

Since the first evidence of a global polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in relativistic nuclear collisions in 2017, spin has opened a new window in the field, both at experimental and theoretical level, and an exciting perspective. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-28 F. Becattini

While jet quenching in relativistic heavy-ion collisions has been extensively studied over decades, the polarization of quenched hadrons has rarely been discussed. It has recently been proposed that the correlations of dihadron polarization…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-12 Xiaowen Li , Zhao-Xuan Chen , Shanshan Cao , Shu-Yi Wei

Recent STAR measurements suggest a difference in the global spin polarization between hyperons and anti-hyperons, especially at relatively low collision beam energy. One possible cause of this difference is the potential presence of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-09-18 Yu Guo , Shuzhe Shi , Shengqin Feng , Jinfeng Liao

The global polarization of $\Lambda/{\bar \Lambda}$ and the splitting of ${\bar \Lambda}-\Lambda$ polarization induced by rotation and magnetic field has been investigated in a dynamical quark model by taking into account the axial vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-02 Kun Xu , Fan Lin , Anping Huang , Mei Huang

With the PICR hydrodynamic model, we study the polarization splitting between $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ at RHIC BES energy range, based on the meson field mechanism. Our results fit to the experimental data fairly well. Besides, two…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-27 Yilong Xie , Gang Chen , Laszlo Pal Csernai

Polarization has opened a new physics chapter in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Since the first prediction and experimental observation of global spin polarization, a lot of progress has been made in understanding its features, both at…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-08 Francesco Becattini , Matteo Buzzegoli , Takafumi Niida , Shi Pu , Ai-Hong Tang , Qun Wang

We investigate the hyperon polarization and its relation with the directed flow of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in non-central Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} = 27$ GeV. A modified 3-dimensional (3D) Glauber model is developed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-11 Ze-Fang Jiang , Xiang-Yu Wu , Shanshan Cao , Ben-Wei Zhang