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We show that the inclusion of a recently found additional term of the spin polarization vector at local equilibrium which is linear in the symmetrized gradients of the velocity field, and the assumption of hadron production at constant…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-12 F. Becattini , M. Buzzegoli , G. Inghirami , I. Karpenko , A. Palermo

The polarization of the $\Lambda$ hyperon has become an important probe of the Quark-Gluon Plasma produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Recently, it has been found that polarization receives a substantial contribution from a local…

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

Despite the success of the spin-thermalized assumption in explaining hyperon spin polarizations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, challenges begin to arise especially at lower collision energies. The present study compares the nucleon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-02 Jun Xu

The concept of a common local spin equilibrium for both spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles is incorporated into a thermal model of particle production in heavy-ion collisions at the top RHIC energies. We show that an effective spin polarization…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-20 Soham Banerjee , Samapan Bhadury , Wojciech Florkowski , Amaresh Jaiswal , Radoslaw Ryblewski

Using the AMPT + MUSIC+UrQMD hybrid model, we study the global and local spin polarizations of $\Lambda$ hyperons as functions of the freeze-out temperature of the spin degree of freedom in the hadronic phase of Au+Au collisions at…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-06 Yifeng Sun , Zhen Zhang , Che Ming Ko , Wenbin Zhao

In this work, we address the problem of longitudinal spin polarization of the $\Lambda$ hyperons produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We combine a relativistic kinetic-theory framework that includes spin degrees of freedom treated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-09 Soham Banerjee , Samapan Bhadury , Wojciech Florkowski , Amaresh Jaiswal , Radoslaw Ryblewski

We predict the polarization of Lambda and antiLambda hyperons in peripheral heavy ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energy, based on the assumption of local thermodynamical equilibrium at freeze-out. The polarization vector is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-11-21 F. Becattini , L. Csernai , D. J. Wang

We present a framework for spin dynamics in the quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Under the approximation of small polarization, macroscopic spin degrees of freedom decouple from the background, and their…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-13 Sapna , Sushant K. Singh , David Wagner

The study of spin polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions provides insights into the angular momentum and vortical structure of the possible existence of QGP. The present study examines the global spin…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-16 Bhagyarathi Sahoo , Captain R. Singh , Raghunath Sahoo

We perform a systematic study of the spin polarization of hyperons in heavy-ion collisions using the MUSIC hydrodynamic model with A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) pre-equilibrium dynamics. Our model calculations nicely describe the measured…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-10 Baochi Fu , Kai Xu , Xu-Guang Huang , Huichao Song

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

The spin polarization measurements of particles emitted in heavy-ion collisions have opened the possibility for new phenomenological investigations of spin physics in relativistic fluids. The theoretical predictions of global polarization…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-13 M. Buzzegoli , F. Becattini , G. Inghirami , I. Karpenko , A. Palermo

The global and local spin polarization measurements of $\Lambda$ ($\bar{\Lambda}$) hyperons by STAR and ALICE Collaborations open up an immense interest in investigating the spin polarization dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. Recent studies…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-30 Bhagyarathi Sahoo , Captain R. Singh , Raghunath Sahoo

Based on the three-fluid model, the global $\Lambda$ polarization in Au+Au collisions at 2.4 $\leq\sqrt{s_{NN}}\leq$ 7.7 GeV is calculated, including its rapidity and centrality dependence. Contributions from the thermal vorticity and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-13 Yu. B. Ivanov , A. A. Soldatov

We explore the consequences of a freeze-out criterion for heavy-ion collisions, based on pion escape probabilities from the hot and dense but rapidly expanding collision region. The influence of the expansion and the scattering rate on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Boris Tomasik , Urs Achim Wiedemann

The hot and dense matter generated in heavy-ion collisions contains intricate vortical structure in which the local fluid vorticity can be very large. Such vorticity can polarize the spin of the produced particles. We study the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 De-Xian Wei , Wei-Tian Deng , Xu-Guang Huang

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 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

Based on the model of three-fluid dynamics (3FD), the global $\Lambda$ polarization ($P_\Lambda$) is calculated in Au+Au collisions at 3 $\leq\sqrt{s_{NN}}\leq$ 9 GeV, in which high baryon density is achieved. Various contributions to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-27 Yu. B. Ivanov
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