Global quark spin correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Lv, Ji-peng; Yu, Zi-han; Liang, Zuo-tang; Wang, Qun; Wang, Xin-Nian

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.114003

Title: Global quark spin correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Journal Article · 04 June 2024 · Physical Review. D.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.114003 · OSTI ID:2370440

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; Wang, Qun; Wang, Xin-Nian

The observation of the vector meson’s global spin alignment by the STAR Collaboration reveals that strong spin correlations may exist for quarks and antiquarks in relativistic heavy-ion collisions in the normal direction of the reaction plane. We propose a systematic method to describe such correlations in the quark matter. We classify them as local and long range quark spin correlations in the system. We show in particular that the effective quark spin correlations contain the genuine spin correlations originated directly from the dynamical process as well as those induced by averaging over other degrees of freedom. We also show that such correlations can be studied by measuring the vector meson’s spin density matrix and hyperon-hyperon and hyperon-anti-hyperon spin correlations. We present the relationships between these measurable quantities and spin correlations of quarks and antiquarks. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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OSTI ID:: 2370440

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 109; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 2470-0010

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