Considerations on measuring spin-spin correlation of hyeprons in heavy-ion experiments
Abstract
The significant global spin alignment observed for $\phi$ mesons in heavy-ion collisions has sparked intense discussions about its origin and implications. One explanation suggests that fluctuations in the strong force field may introduce strong spin correlations between strange ($s$) and anti-strange ($\bar{s}$) quarks, leading to the global spin alignment of $\phi$ mesons. Extending this line of research, the theoretical community has proposed studying the spin correlation between $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ hyperons. In this paper, we construct experimental observables and make connections between them and the theoretical proposed quantities.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2407.21291
- Bibcode:
- 2024arXiv240721291S
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment;
- Nuclear Experiment