Practical considerations for the effect of finite coverage on the azimuthal dependence of global spin alignment

Abstract

The global spin alignment of vector mesons is a powerful probe to study the vorticity field of the system produced in non-central relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Since the experimental observables of global spin alignment are sensitive to many factors, proper corrections are need to be taken care of when measuring the global spin alignment of vector mesons. In this paper, we propose a method to correct the effect of finite pseudo-rapidity coverage when extract the azimuthal dependence of spin alignment parameter ${\rho }_{00}$. The effects of the finite pseudo-rapidity coverage on the azimuthal dependence of $\varphi$ meson spin alignment and the potentially exist intrinsic spin alignment effects are taken into consideration. The method presented in this paper is verified in a Monte-Carlo simulation, it allows the measurements of azimuthal dependence of global spin alignment to be conducted properly and accurately.

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