Rescattering effect on the measurement of spin alignment in heavy-ion collisions
Aug 26, 202213 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.C 106 (2022) 6, 064908
- Published: Dec 15, 2022
e-Print:
- 2208.12750 [nucl-th]
DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.064908 (publication)
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Abstract: (APS)
Spin alignment of vector mesons in noncentral relativistic heavy-ion collisions provides a novel probe of the global quark polarization and hadronization mechanism. In this paper, we discuss the spin alignment of a short-lived vector meson, namely , arising from the hadronic rescattering process using the UrQMD model. This spin alignment is not related to global quark polarization but cannot be distinguished from those arising from global quark polarization in experiment. The spin alignment parameter is found to deviate from 1/3 by up to (0.03) with respect to the reaction (production) plane. These deviations are much larger than the expected signal from all the theoretical models implementing the conventional global quark polarization mechanism as well as the current experimental precision, and should be considered seriously when comparing measurements with theoretical calculations.Note:
- 13 pages, 9 figures, accepted version
- spin: alignment
- quark: polarization
- heavy ion: scattering
- quantum molecular dynamics: relativistic
- vector meson
- hadronization
- numerical calculations
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