We study the polarization of particles in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at very high energy along the beam direction within a relativistic hydrodynamic framework. We show that this component of the polarization decreases much slower with center-of-mass energy compared to the transverse component, even in the ideal longitudinal boost-invariant scenario with nonfluctuating initial state, and that it can be measured by taking advantage of its quadrupole structure in the transverse momentum plane. In the ideal longitudinal boost-invariant scenario, the polarization is proportional to the gradient of temperature at the hadronization and its measurement can provide important information about the cooling rate of the quark-gluon plasma around the critical temperature.

Collective Longitudinal Polarization in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at Very High Energy / Becattini, F.; Karpenko, I. u.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 120:(2018), pp. 0-0. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.012302]

Collective Longitudinal Polarization in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions at Very High Energy

Becattini, F.
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2018

Abstract

We study the polarization of particles in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at very high energy along the beam direction within a relativistic hydrodynamic framework. We show that this component of the polarization decreases much slower with center-of-mass energy compared to the transverse component, even in the ideal longitudinal boost-invariant scenario with nonfluctuating initial state, and that it can be measured by taking advantage of its quadrupole structure in the transverse momentum plane. In the ideal longitudinal boost-invariant scenario, the polarization is proportional to the gradient of temperature at the hadronization and its measurement can provide important information about the cooling rate of the quark-gluon plasma around the critical temperature.
2018
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Becattini, F.; Karpenko, I. u.
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