Thermal vorticity and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

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 event-by-event generation of the so-called thermal vorticity in Au + Au collisions at energy region $\sqrt{s}=7.7-200$ GeV and calculate its time evolution, spatial distribution, etc., in a multiphase transport (AMPT) model. We then compute the spin polarization of the $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda }$ hyperons as a function of $\sqrt{s}$, transverse momentum $p_T$, rapidity, and azimuthal angle. Furthermore, we study the harmonic flow of the spin, in a manner analogous to the harmonic flow of the particle number. The measurement of the spin harmonic flow may provide a way to probe the vortical structure in heavy-ion collisions. We also discuss the spin polarization of ${\Xi }^0$ and ${\Omega }^{-}$ hyperons which may provide further information about the spin polarization mechanism of hadrons.

arXiv commentV2: 8 pages, 10 figures, references updated, published version

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