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We calculated the azimuthal angle dependence of the local spin polarization of hyperons in 200 GeV Au+Au and 2.76 TeV Pb+Pb collisions in the framework of the (3+1)D viscous hydrodynamic model CLVisc with AMPT initial conditions encoding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Hong-Zhong Wu , Long-Gang Pang , Xu-Guang Huang , Qun Wang

We study the energy dependence of global polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in peripheral $Au-Au$ collisions. We combine the calculation of vorticity and strange chemical potential in the framework of kinetic Quark-Gluon String Model with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-25 Mircea Baznat , Konstantin Gudima , Alexander Sorin , Oleg Teryaev

We review how RHIC is expected to deepen our understanding of the spin structure of longitudinally polarized nucleons. After briefly outlining the current status of spin-dependent parton densities and pointing out open questions, we focus…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Marco Stratmann

The findings on the spin polarization of $\Lambda$, $\Xi$, and $\Omega$ hyperons and spin alignment of $K^{*0}$, $\phi$, and $D^{*+}$ mesons in relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments at the RHIC and LHC facilities propose the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-17 Bhagyarathi Sahoo , Captain R. Singh , Raghunath Sahoo

The spin alignment matrix element rho_{00} for the vector mesons K^{*0} and phi(1020) has been measured in RHIC at central rapidities. These measurements are consistent with the absence of polarization with respect to the reaction plane in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-22 Alejandro Ayala , Eleazar Cuautle , G. Herrera Corral , J. Magnin , Luis Manuel Montano

We argue that spin alignment of the vector mesons observed in unpolarized hadron-hadron collisions is closely related to the single spin left-right asymmetry observed in transversely polarized hadron-hadron collisions. We present the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Qing-hua Xu , Zuo-tang Liang

The significant global spin alignment observed for $\phi$ mesons in heavy-ion collisions has sparked intense discussions about its origin and implications. One explanation suggests that fluctuations in the strong force field may introduce…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-01 Diyu Shen , Jinhui Chen , Aihong Tang

Fluid dynamic approach is a workhorse for modelling collective dynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The approach has been successful in describing various features of the momentum distributions of hadrons produced in the heavy-ion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-04 Iurii Karpenko

We have studied the spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in heavy ion collisions at center-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV and $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02$ TeV carried out at RHIC and LHC colliders. We have calculated the mean spin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-25 Andrea Palermo , Eduardo Grossi , Iurii Karpenko , Francesco Becattini

This review covers the recent experimental development on spin alignment measurements of $K^{*0}$ and $\phi$ vector mesons in heavy-ion and pp collisions at RHIC and LHC energies. Measurements in $e^+e^-$ collisions at LEP energies are also…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-01-26 Bedangadas Mohanty , Sourav Kundu , Subhash Singha , Ranbir Singh

We show that local parity violation due to chirality imbalance in relativistic nuclear collisions can be revealed by measuring the projection of the polarization vector onto the momentum, i.e. the helicity, of final state baryons. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-08 F. Becattini , M. Buzzegoli , A. Palermo , G. Prokhorov

In non-central high energy heavy ion collisions the colliding system posses a huge orbital angular momentum in the direction opposite to the normal of the reaction plane. Due to the spin-orbit coupling in strong interaction, such huge…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-21 Jian-Hua Gao , Zuo-Tang Liang , Qun Wang , Xin-Nian Wang

The main goals of `spin physics' are recalled, and some theoretical and phenomenological aspects of longitudinally polarized deep inelastic scattering and other hard processes are reviewed. The spin dependent parton densities of protons and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Stratmann

STAR collaboration at RHIC has recently measured the polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in non-central heavy ion collisions in the RHIC Beam Energy Scan (BES) program. The magnitude of the polarization was found to decrease from few…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 Iurii Karpenko , Francesco Becattini

There have been many versions of spin-dependent parton distributions in the literature. Although most agree with present data within uncertainties, they are based upon different physical assumptions. Some physical models are discussed and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Gordon P. Ramsey

We review studies of vortical motion and the resulting global polarization of $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ hyperons in heavy-ion collisions, in particular, within 3FD model. 3FD predictions for the global midrapidity polarization in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Yu. B. Ivanov , V. D. Toneev , A. A. Soldatov

The system created in non central relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions carries large angular orbital momentum. Due to spin-orbital coupling, produced particles could be globally polarized along the direction of the system angular…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Ilya Selyuzhenkov

We revisit the azimuthal angle dependence of the local spin polarization of hyperons in heavy-ion collisions at 200 GeV in the framework of the (3+1)D viscous hydrodynamic model CLVisc. Two different initial conditions are considered in our…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-06 Hong-Zhong Wu , Long-Gang Pang , Xu-Guang Huang , Qun Wang

In these proceedings, we present new measurements from STAR of the global spin alignment($\rho_{00}$) of $\phi$ mesons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 19.6, 14.6 GeV using BES-II data and of $J/\psi$ mesons in isobar…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-12-27 Baoshan Xi

The STAR Collaboration has reported a significant $\phi$-meson global spin alignment ($\rho_{00}$) signal in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}\leq62$ GeV by measuring the polar angle distribution of $\phi$-meson daughters with respect to…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-10-23 Gavin Wilks , Xu Sun , Zhenyu Ye