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Preliminary results for the longitudinal polarization of $\Lambda$ and ${\bar \Lambda}$ hyperons in longitudinally polarized proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt s$ = 200 GeV are presented. The $\Lambda$($\bar \Lambda$) candidates are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Qinghua Xu

Using the self-analyzing decay of the $\Lambda$, the longitudinal spin transfer $D_{LL'}$ to the hyperon from a polarized electron beam scattering off an unpolarized proton target can be determined. For $\Lambda$s produced in the current…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-01-18 Matthew McEneaney

Within the framework of Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model, we extract the global spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperon in $^{108}$Ag + $^{108}$Ag and $^{197}$Au + $^{197}$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.42…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-16 Xian-Gai Deng , Xu-Guang Huang , Yu-Gang Ma

Based on the chiral kinetic approach using initial conditions from a multiphase transport model, we study the spin polarizations of quarks and antiquarks in non-central heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Because of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Yifeng Sun , Che Ming Ko

This contribution reports on a proof-of-principle measurement of the longitudinal spin transfer $D_{LL}$ in inclusive $\Lambda$ and $\bar \Lambda$ production in polarized proton-proton collisions at a center of mass energy $\sqrt{s}$ = 200…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Qinghua Xu

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

We investigate the radiative corrections on spin polarization of relativistic fermions induced by vortical fields in thermal-equilibrium QCD matter at weak coupling. Such corrections stem from the self-energy gradients in quantum kinetic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-18 Shuo Fang , Shi Pu , Di-Lun Yang

Relativistic hydrodynamics has been quite successful in describing the properties of strongly-interacting matter produced in heavy-ion collision experiments. Recently, there has been a significant advancement in this field to explain the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-03 Rajeev Singh

We study the production of longitudinally polarized Lambda-baryons in single-spin pp collisions at RHIC and HERA-N as a means of determining the spin-dependent Lambda fragmentation functions. It is shown that a measurement of the rapidity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. de Florian , M. Stratmann , W. Vogelsang

In these proceedings I discuss the recent progress in the theory of spin polarization in relativistic fluids. To date, a number of studies have begun to examine the impact of the shear tensor on the local spin polarization and whether this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 Matteo Buzzegoli

The azimuthal angle dependence of quark spin polarization in the longitudinal beam direction of non-central relativistic heavy ion collisions is studied in the chiral kinetic approach. Contrary to the prediction from models based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Yifeng Sun , Che Ming Ko

We investigate spin polarization dynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using ideal relativistic spin hydrodynamics, employing non-boost-invariant longitudinal solutions as the hydrodynamic background. Operating in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-12 Matteo Buzzegoli , Aleksandar Gecic , Rajeev Singh

We review recent theoretical and experimental developments in spin dynamics and polarization phenomena in relativistic systems, with a particular focus on heavy-ion collisions. The large angular momentum and magnetic field generated in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 Sourav Dey , Arpan Das , Hiranmaya Mishra , Amaresh Jaiswal

Global spin polarization of hyperons is an important observable to probe the vorticity of the quark-gluon plasma produced in heavy-ion collisions. We calculate the global polarizations of $\Lambda$, $\Xi^-$, and $\Omega^-$ in Au+Au…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-01 Hui Li , Xiao-Liang Xia , Xu-Guang Huang , Huan Zhong Huang

The longitudinal polarisation transfer from muons to lambda and anti-lambda hyperons, D_LL, has been studied in deep inelastic scattering off an unpolarised isoscalar target at the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The spin transfers to lambda…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-05 The COMPASS Collaboration , M. Alekseev

We have computed the second Fourier sine coefficient of the longitudinal spin polarization, $\langle P_{z} \sin 2(\phi_{p} - \Psi_{2}) \rangle$, as a function of multiplicity or centrality in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Cong Yi , Shuo Fang , Dong-Lin Wang , Shi Pu

Based on a generalized side-jump formalism for massless chiral fermions, which naturally takes into account the spin-orbit coupling in the scattering of two chiral fermions and the chiral vortical effect in a rotating chiral fermion matter,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Shuai Y. F. Liu , Yifeng Sun , Che Ming Ko

We study local spin polarization in the relativistic hydrodynamic model. Generalizing the Wigner functions previously obtained from chiral kinetic theory by Y. Hidaka et al. [Phys. Rev. D 97, 016004 (2018)] to the massive case, we present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-28 Cong Yi , Shi Pu , Di-Lun Yang

Large orbital angular momentum can be generated in non-central heavy-ion collisions, and part of it is expected to be converted into final particle's polarization due to the spin-orbit coupling. Within the framework of A Multi-Phase…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-08 Xiao-Liang Xia , Hui Li , Qun Wang

The vorticity is a quantity defined in a relativistic fluid that describes how much a fluid element is rotating and accelerating. By measuring the spin polarization of hadrons, it was found that the quark gluon plasma produced in heavy-ion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-17 M. Buzzegoli