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arxiv: 2605.08219 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-06 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph

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Modeling Λ polarization in Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_{rm NN}}=200 GeV using relativistic spin hydrodynamics

Matteo Buzzegoli , Aleksandar Gecic , Rajeev Singh
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keywords Lambda hyperon polarizationrelativistic spin hydrodynamicsheavy-ion collisionsquadrupole patternlongitudinal polarizationtransverse flowAu+Au collisions
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The pith

Longitudinal spin acceleration combined with transverse expansion produces a quadrupole pattern in Lambda polarization that matches Au+Au collision data.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a relativistic spin hydrodynamic model for Lambda hyperon polarization in heavy-ion collisions. It begins with a simplified one-plus-one dimensional longitudinal setup using non-boost-invariant solutions and symmetry-constrained initial conditions for the spin potential. Adding transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out creates a more realistic description that generates the observed azimuthal structures. The central result is that a longitudinal spin acceleration term, acting together with transverse expansion, produces a quadrupole pattern in the longitudinal polarization. Both momentum-dependent and integrated observables then show qualitative agreement and reasonable quantitative agreement with measurements from 200 GeV Au+Au collisions, while also yielding predictions for unmeasured transverse polarization components.

Core claim

Operating in the small-polarization regime where spin evolves perturbatively atop the bulk expansion, symmetry-constrained initial conditions in a non-boost-invariant hydrodynamic background produce both local and global Lambda polarization. Extending the model to incorporate transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out shows that the longitudinal spin acceleration component, coupled with transverse expansion, generates a quadrupole pattern in the longitudinal polarization. The resulting momentum-dependent and integrated observables exhibit qualitative and reasonably good quantitative agreement with experimental data for Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV.

What carries the argument

The longitudinal component of the spin acceleration vector within the extended (1+1+2)D spin hydrodynamic evolution, which interacts with transverse expansion to induce azimuthal anisotropy in the polarization.

If this is right

  • The model reproduces the experimentally observed quadrupole structure in longitudinal Lambda polarization.
  • Both differential and integrated polarization observables agree qualitatively and to a reasonable quantitative level with data from 200 GeV Au+Au collisions.
  • The framework supplies concrete predictions for the in-plane transverse spin polarization component, which has not yet been measured.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same longitudinal acceleration mechanism could be tested at other collision energies to check whether the quadrupole pattern persists or changes with initial conditions.
  • If the transverse polarization predictions hold, polarization data could constrain the early-time spin potential beyond what integrated yields alone provide.
  • The perturbative small-polarization treatment suggests a path to include higher-order spin effects once the leading quadrupole is confirmed.

Load-bearing premise

The system stays in the small-polarization regime where spin evolves perturbatively on top of the bulk flow, and that transverse flow plus spatial anisotropy can be added at freeze-out in an ad hoc way while preserving longitudinal dynamics.

What would settle it

A measurement of Lambda longitudinal polarization that lacks the predicted quadrupole azimuthal dependence, or that shows transverse polarization values substantially different from the model's predictions, would falsify the central mechanism.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.08219 by Aleksandar Gecic, Matteo Buzzegoli, Rajeev Singh.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. The temperature (left) and the flow (right) evolution with spacetime rapidity for the (1 + 1)D symmetric ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. The charged particle pseudo-rapidity distribution ob [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: shows the evolution of ωy (top right) and ωx (bottom right) which are ηs-even and ηs-odd functions, respectively, resulting from the Eqs. (20), the initializa￾tion (52)-(53) and the background flow (40) with the pa￾rameters in table I for 35 − 45% centrality class. We observe that even though we do not initialize the acceler￾ation spin components, they are also generated because ax (top left) and ay (botto… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. The local spin polarization vector components ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. The in-plane transverse spin polarization [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Spin polarization along the direction of total angular momentum of the system [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. The local longitudinal spin polarization [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. The rapidity (left) and centrality (right) dependence of the global spin polarization along [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: FIG. 9. The hadron spectra distribution obtained (using Eqs. ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: FIG. 11. The spin potential components at the center ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: FIG. 10. The spin potential component [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_10.png] view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: FIG. 12. The local spin polarization vector components at mid-rapidity as a functions of transverse momentum components [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_12.png] view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: FIG. 13. The in-plane transverse spin polarization [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_13.png] view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: FIG. 14. Spin polarization along the total angular momentum of the system [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_14.png] view at source ↗
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: FIG. 15. The rapidity (left) and centrality (right) dependence of the global spin polarization along [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_15.png] view at source ↗
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: FIG. 16. The local longitudinal spin polarization [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_16.png] view at source ↗
Figure 17
Figure 17. Figure 17: FIG. 17. The centrality dependence of the second Fourier co [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p018_17.png] view at source ↗
Figure 18
Figure 18. Figure 18: FIG. 18. The local longitudinal spin polarization [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_18.png] view at source ↗
Figure 19
Figure 19. Figure 19: FIG. 19. The sensitivity of the second Fourier coefficient of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_19.png] view at source ↗
Figure 20
Figure 20. Figure 20: FIG. 20. The sensitivity of the second Fourier coefficient of the longitudinal local spin polarization to the transverse flow [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_20.png] view at source ↗
Figure 21
Figure 21. Figure 21: FIG. 21. The sensitivity of the second Fourier coefficient of the longitudinal local spin polarization to the temperature transverse [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p020_21.png] view at source ↗
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We investigate spin polarization dynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using ideal relativistic spin hydrodynamics, employing non-boost-invariant longitudinal solutions as the hydrodynamic background. Operating in the small-polarization regime, where spin evolves perturbatively on top of the bulk expansion, we first analyze a $(1+1)$D setup with transverse homogeneity. In this framework, symmetry-constrained initial conditions for the spin potential lead to non-trivial evolution and generate both local and global $\Lambda$ hyperon polarization consistent with qualitative experimental trends, though they fail to reproduce observed azimuthal structures. To address this limitation, we extend the framework by incorporating transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out, constructing a $novel$ $(1+1+2)$D model that preserves the longitudinal dynamics. We demonstrate that the inclusion of a longitudinal spin acceleration component, coupled with transverse expansion, results in the emergence of a quadrupole pattern in the longitudinal polarization. The resulting momentum-dependent and integrated observables exhibit qualitative and reasonably good quantitative agreement with experimental data for Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=200$ GeV. Finally, we provide predictions for the in-plane transverse spin polarization, an observable that, to our knowledge, has not yet been experimentally measured.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents a study of Λ hyperon polarization in Au+Au collisions at √s_NN = 200 GeV using ideal relativistic spin hydrodynamics. It utilizes non-boost-invariant longitudinal hydrodynamic solutions as the background in the small-polarization regime where spin evolves perturbatively. In a (1+1)D setup with transverse homogeneity, symmetry-constrained initial conditions for the spin potential yield local and global polarization consistent with qualitative experimental trends but fail to capture azimuthal structures. The authors extend this to a novel (1+1+2)D model by incorporating transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out while preserving longitudinal dynamics. They find that a longitudinal spin acceleration component, when coupled with transverse expansion, generates a quadrupole pattern in the longitudinal polarization. The momentum-dependent and integrated observables show qualitative and reasonably good quantitative agreement with experimental data, and predictions are made for the in-plane transverse spin polarization.

Significance. If the central results hold after clarification, the work is significant for advancing spin hydrodynamics modeling in heavy-ion collisions. It demonstrates how spin evolution on a longitudinal background can produce observed polarization patterns, including a quadrupole structure, and offers testable predictions for an unmeasured observable (in-plane transverse polarization). The approach builds on standard ideal hydrodynamics with perturbative spin terms and provides a concrete framework linking dynamics to data at RHIC energies.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and model extension] Abstract (model extension paragraph): the central claim that 'the inclusion of a longitudinal spin acceleration component, coupled with transverse expansion, results in the emergence of a quadrupole pattern' is presented only after extending the (1+1)D background to a (1+1+2)D construction via ad hoc incorporation of transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out. It is unclear whether this pattern is generated dynamically by the spin-hydro equations or imposed by the symmetry-breaking choices at the matching surface; this distinction is load-bearing for the claim that the quadrupole and subsequent data agreement arise from the spin-hydro coupling rather than from the added transverse elements.
minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract states 'qualitative and reasonably good quantitative agreement' with data but provides no details on error bars, specific quantitative metrics (e.g., χ² values), data selection, or how the perturbative small-polarization assumption is validated numerically.
  2. More explicit discussion of the freeze-out hypersurface construction and how the added transverse flow parameters are chosen (beyond symmetry constraints) would improve reproducibility and clarify the scope of the (1+1+2)D extension.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive feedback. The main concern is the clarity of whether the quadrupole pattern arises dynamically from the spin-hydrodynamic equations or is imposed by the approximate transverse elements at freeze-out. We address this point below and have revised the abstract and relevant sections for improved precision.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and model extension] Abstract (model extension paragraph): the central claim that 'the inclusion of a longitudinal spin acceleration component, coupled with transverse expansion, results in the emergence of a quadrupole pattern' is presented only after extending the (1+1)D background to a (1+1+2)D construction via ad hoc incorporation of transverse flow and spatial anisotropy at freeze-out. It is unclear whether this pattern is generated dynamically by the spin-hydro equations or imposed by the symmetry-breaking choices at the matching surface; this distinction is load-bearing for the claim that the quadrupole and subsequent data agreement arise from the spin-hydro coupling rather than from the added transverse elements.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the transverse flow and spatial anisotropy are incorporated at the freeze-out hypersurface in an approximate way, rather than being evolved dynamically from an initial state in a full (3+1)D hydrodynamic simulation. This is an explicit modeling choice to isolate the effects of longitudinal spin dynamics while capturing essential transverse features. However, the longitudinal polarization pattern is not directly imposed by these choices. The spin evolution is governed by the perturbative spin-hydrodynamic equations on the given background; the quadrupole structure (with its characteristic azimuthal sign changes) emerges specifically from the coupling of the longitudinal spin acceleration term to the transverse velocity gradients at freeze-out. This is evidenced by the fact that the pure (1+1)D case, which lacks transverse expansion, produces no azimuthal quadrupole. We have revised the abstract and the model-extension paragraph to explicitly distinguish the approximate background from the dynamical spin evolution, and we have added a brief discussion clarifying the origin of the pattern and the limitations of the approximation. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper starts from standard ideal relativistic hydrodynamics equations, augments them with spin terms in the small-polarization perturbative regime, and evolves symmetry-constrained initial conditions for the spin potential in a (1+1)D longitudinal background. The subsequent (1+1+2)D extension adds transverse flow and spatial anisotropy explicitly at freeze-out to restore azimuthal dependence absent from the purely longitudinal setup; the quadrupole pattern in longitudinal polarization is then shown to arise from the coupling of the longitudinal spin acceleration to this added transverse expansion. Because the transverse elements are introduced as an explicit model extension rather than fitted parameters whose values are tuned to the polarization observables themselves, and because the central polarization expressions remain independent of the target data, no step reduces by construction to its own inputs. The reported agreement with data is therefore an external check rather than a tautology.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard assumptions of ideal relativistic hydrodynamics and perturbative spin treatment; free parameters appear in initial spin conditions and freeze-out modeling, which are common but not independently derived from first principles in the described framework.

free parameters (2)
  • Initial conditions for spin potential
    Symmetry-constrained forms chosen to generate both local and global polarization in the (1+1)D setup.
  • Transverse flow and spatial anisotropy parameters at freeze-out
    Incorporated to address azimuthal structures and produce quantitative agreement with data.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Ideal relativistic spin hydrodynamics in the small-polarization regime
    Spin evolves perturbatively on top of the bulk hydrodynamic expansion.
  • domain assumption Non-boost-invariant longitudinal solutions as hydrodynamic background
    Used as the base flow for spin evolution in both (1+1)D and extended models.

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