Global polarization of [lambda] hyperons in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV

Global polarization of Λ hyperons has been measured to be of the order of a few tenths of a percentage in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, with no significant difference between Λ and ¯¯¯Λ. These new results reveal the collision energy dependence of the global polarization together with the resul...

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Hauptverfasser: Adam, Jaroslav (VerfasserIn) , Deppner, Ingo Martin (VerfasserIn) , Herrmann, Norbert (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: STAR Collaboration (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 23 July 2018
In: Physical review
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 99, Heft: 1
ISSN:2469-9993
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014910
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014910
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014910
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Verfasserangaben:J. Adam, I.M. Deppner, N. Herrmann [und 346 weitere] (STAR Collaboration)
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Zusammenfassung:Global polarization of Λ hyperons has been measured to be of the order of a few tenths of a percentage in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, with no significant difference between Λ and ¯¯¯Λ. These new results reveal the collision energy dependence of the global polarization together with the results previously observed at √sNN = 7.7-62.4 GeV and indicate noticeable vorticity of the medium created in noncentral heavy-ion collisions at the highest Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider collision energy. The signal is in rough quantitative agreement with the theoretical predictions from a hydrodynamic model and from a multi-phase transport model. The polarization is larger in more peripheral collisions, and depends weakly on the hyperon's transverse momentum and pseudorapidity ηH within ∣∣ηH|<1. An indication of the polarization dependence on the event-by-event charge asymmetry is observed at the 2σ level, suggesting a possible contribution to the polarization from the axial current induced by the initial magnetic field.
Beschreibung:Im Titel steht der Ausdruck "sNN" unter dem Wurzelsymbol, "NN" ist dabei tiefgestellt
Im Titel ist "lambda" als griechischer Buchstabe dargestellt
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ISSN:2469-9993
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014910