Measurement of transverse <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mml:mi> </mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo
The transverse polarization of <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</a:mi> </a:math> and <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <d:mrow> <d:mover accent="true"> <d:mrow> <d:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</d:mi> </d:mrow> <d:mrow> <d:mo stretchy="false">¯</d:mo> </d:mrow> </d:mover> </d:mrow> </d:math> hyperons is measured in <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <i:mrow> <i:mi>p</i:mi> <i:mi>Pb</i:mi> </i:mrow> </i:math> collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The polarization is averaged over hyperon transverse momentum in the range <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mrow> <k:mn>0.15</k:mn> <k:mo><</k:mo> <k:msub> <k:mrow> <k:mi>p</k:mi> </k:mrow> <k:mrow> <k:mi mathvariant="normal">T</k:mi> </k:mrow> </k:msub> <k:mo><</k:mo> <k:mn>6.00</k:mn> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mrow> <k:mrow> <k:mi>GeV</k:mi> <k:mo>/</k:mo> </k:mrow> <k:mi>c</k:mi> </k:mrow> </k:mrow> </k:math> , and Feynman- <n:math xmlns:n="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <n:mi>x</n:mi> </n:math> in the ranges <p:math xmlns:p="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <p:mn>0.005</p:mn> <p:mo><</p:mo> <p:msub> <p:mi>x</p:mi> <p:mi mathvariant="normal">F</p:mi> </p:msub> <p:mo><</p:mo> <p:mn>0.040</p:mn> </p:math> (forward region) and <s:math xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <s:mo>−</s:mo> <s:mn>0.10</s:mn> <s:mo><</s:mo> <s:msub> <s:mi>x</s:mi> <s:mi mathvariant="normal">F</s:mi> </s:msub> <s:mo><</s:mo> <s:mo>−</s:mo> <s:mn>0.01</s:mn> </s:math> (backward region) defined relative to the proton beam direction. The transverse polarization is found to be compatible with zero for both <v:math xmlns:v="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <v:mrow> <v:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</v:mi> </v:mrow> </v:math> and <y:math xmlns:y="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <y:mrow> <y:mover accent="true"> <y:mrow> <y:mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</y:mi> </y:mrow> <y:mrow> <y:mo stretchy="false">¯</y:mo> </y:mrow> </y:mover> </y:mrow> </y:math> hyperons. The results are also measured as a function of <db:math xmlns:db="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <db:msub> <db:mi>p</db:mi> <db:mi mathvariant="normal">T</db:mi> </db:msub> </db:math> and <gb:math xmlns:gb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <gb:msub> <gb:mi>x</gb:mi> <gb:mi mathvariant="normal">F</gb:mi> </gb:msub> </gb:math> with no significant dependence on these variables observed. The results are compared with previous experimental measurements at different center-of-mass energies and collision environments.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- Universidade da Coruña (ES)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (GB)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Universitat de València (ES)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Hunan University (CN)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (UA)
- Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)
- TU Dortmund University (DE)
- Peking University (CN)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Cracow University of Technology (PL)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (UA)
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Central China Normal University (CN)
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NL)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (IT)
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata (IT)
- FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (BR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Bicocca (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (FR)
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (DE)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia (IT)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Consejo Nacional de Rectores
- Laboratoire Médiations (FR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Universitat Ramon Llull (ES)
- Monash University (AU)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
- AGH University of Krakow (PL)
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc (FR)
- Syracuse University (US)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Henan Normal University (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/rc6r-zt9q
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87