Spin alignment of vector mesons by second-order hydrodynamic gradients

Abstract

Starting with the polarization dependent Wigner function of vector mesons, we derive an expression for the 00-component (${\rho }_{00}$) of spin density matrix in terms of the second order gradients of the vector meson distribution functions. We further apply a thermal model to analyze the transverse momentum and the azimuthal angle dependence of ${\rho }_{00}$ for $\varphi$ and $K^{\ast 0}$ mesons resulting from distribution gradients in Au-Au collisions with $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$ GeV at mid-rapidity. Our results for the transverse momentum dependence indicate that the deviations of ${\rho }_{00}$ from $1/3$ as the signal for spin alignment are greatly enhanced at large transverse momenta and have a strong centrality dependence while analysis of the azimuthal angle (${\varphi }_q$) dependence suggest that such deviations have a $\cos (2{\varphi }_q)$ structure with opposite sign for $\varphi$ and $K^{\ast 0}$. Our finding may be considered as a baseline for probing spin-alignment mechanisms beyond hydrodynamic gradients.

arXiv comment30 pages, 3 figures, minor revisions, journal version

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