@article{fd66e0652dee4f95a2738372e78fb730,
title = "Polarization of Λ and ¯Λ Hyperons along the Beam Direction in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV",
abstract = "The polarization of the ? and ?¯ hyperons along the beam (z) direction, Pz, has been measured in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV recorded with ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).",
author = "{(ALICE Collaboration)} and S. Acharya and D. Adamov{\'a} and A. Adler and {Aglieri Rinella}, G. and M. Agnello and N. Agrawal and Z. Ahammed and S. Ahmad and Ahn, {S. U.} and I. Ahuja and Z. Akbar and A. Akindinov and M. Al-Turany and Alam, {S. N.} and D. Aleksandrov and B. Alessandro and Alfanda, {H. M.} and {Alfaro Molina}, R. and B. Ali and Y. Ali and A. Alici and N. Alizadehvandchali and A. Alkin and J. Alme and T. Alt and L. Altenkamper and I. Altsybeev and Anaam, {M. N.} and C. Andrei and D. Andreou and A. Andronic and M. Angeletti and V. Anguelov and F. Antinori and P. Antonioli and C. Anuj and N. Apadula and L. Aphecetche and H. Appelsh{\"a}user and S. Arcelli and R. Arnaldi and Arsene, {I. C.} and M. Arslandok and A. Augustinus and R. Averbeck and S. Aziz and Azmi, {M. D.} and A. Badal{\`a} and Baek, {Y. W.} and L. Fabbietti",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}, where f is the hyperon azimuthal emission angle and ?2 is the elliptic flow plane angle. We report the measurement of Pz,s2 for different collision centralities and in the 30%-50% centrality interval as a function of the hyperon transverse momentum and rapidity. The Pz,s2 is positive similarly as measured by the STAR Collaboration in Au-Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV, with somewhat smaller amplitude in the semicentral collisions. This is the first experimental evidence of a nonzero hyperon Pz in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. The comparison of the measured Pz,s2 with the hydrodynamic model calculations shows sensitivity to the competing contributions from thermal and the recently found shear-induced vorticity, as well as to whether the polarization is acquired at the quark-gluon plasma or the hadronic phase. ",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.172005",
language = "English",
volume = "128",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "17",
}