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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 316, 2025
The 21st International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2024)
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| Article Number | 06014 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Bulk Matter Phenomena, QCD Phase Diagram and Critical Point | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531606014 | |
| Published online | 27 January 2025 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531606014
Differential measurements of ϕ-meson global spin alignment in Au+Au collisions at STAR
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1200 W Harrison, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
* e-mail: gwilks3@uic.edu
Published online: 27 January 2025
The STAR collaboration observed a significant global spin alignment (ρ00) signal for ϕ-mesons in Au+Au collisions using the data from the BES-I [1] which cannot be explained by conventional mechanisms, but may be attributable to the influence of a ϕ-meson force field [2–6]. In this talk, we present differential measurements of ϕ-meson global spin alignment using the STAR detector in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 14.6 and 19.6 GeV from the second phase of the Beam Energy Scan at RHIC (BES-II). The first rapidity (y) dependent ρ00 results for ϕ-mesons will be shown, alongside new centrality and transverse momentum (pT) dependent measurements. The results presented in these proceedings will help understand the potential link of global spin alignment to vector meson fields and their roles in the evolution of nuclear matter.
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