{"record_type":"pith_number_record","schema_url":"https://pith.science/schemas/pith-number/v1.json","pith_number":"pith:2026:HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L","short_pith_number":"pith:HYE5FBKY","schema_version":"1.0","canonical_sha256":"3e09d285584b1c1b33b079a128a691e2cea9823ac2ce3848f9ba045a42b29fb6","source":{"kind":"arxiv","id":"2601.22882","version":2},"attestation_state":"computed","paper":{"title":"Heavy quark polarization anisotropy as a novel probe of fireball geometry","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["nucl-th"],"primary_cat":"hep-ph","authors_text":"Amaresh Jaiswal","submitted_at":"2026-01-30T12:04:13Z","abstract_excerpt":"We propose a new approach to probe the initial fireball geometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using spin polarization. Specifically, we introduce polarization harmonics of open heavy hadrons as a novel observable sensitive to geometric anisotropies. Heavy quarks are produced in early hard scatterings and can acquire spin polarization from the strong, transient electromagnetic fields present at early times. As they propagate through the anisotropic quark-gluon plasma, medium-induced interactions lead to path-length dependent depolarization, imprinting an azimuthally anisotropic polariza"},"verification_status":{"content_addressed":true,"pith_receipt":true,"author_attested":false,"weak_author_claims":0,"strong_author_claims":0,"externally_anchored":false,"storage_verified":false,"citation_signatures":0,"replication_records":0,"graph_snapshot":true,"references_resolved":false,"formal_links_present":false},"canonical_record":{"source":{"id":"2601.22882","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"metadata":{"license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","primary_cat":"hep-ph","submitted_at":"2026-01-30T12:04:13Z","cross_cats_sorted":["nucl-th"],"title_canon_sha256":"a89878c476701edfb75eb165468e180424774274397135dd72d1d903ff3505ac","abstract_canon_sha256":"96ca08daa46a65ddfe8e1d89247ff1a4f7ff5fc64c0612e8cb6666dec03756d1"},"schema_version":"1.0"},"receipt":{"kind":"pith_receipt","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","algorithm":"ed25519","signed_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.546642Z","signature_b64":"iiCQ0iIsnBRPjBA4R8iRfDMXKXK924wAa7XYYZ/xs0VspZttB9sKMkJBVvnDAGYxziV1haGs0F/7lb4grCbWCA==","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","receipt_version":"0.3","canonical_sha256":"3e09d285584b1c1b33b079a128a691e2cea9823ac2ce3848f9ba045a42b29fb6","last_reissued_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545715Z","signature_status":"signed_v1","first_computed_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545715Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54"},"graph_snapshot":{"paper":{"title":"Heavy quark polarization anisotropy as a novel probe of fireball geometry","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["nucl-th"],"primary_cat":"hep-ph","authors_text":"Amaresh Jaiswal","submitted_at":"2026-01-30T12:04:13Z","abstract_excerpt":"We propose a new approach to probe the initial fireball geometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions using spin polarization. Specifically, we introduce polarization harmonics of open heavy hadrons as a novel observable sensitive to geometric anisotropies. Heavy quarks are produced in early hard scatterings and can acquire spin polarization from the strong, transient electromagnetic fields present at early times. As they propagate through the anisotropic quark-gluon plasma, medium-induced interactions lead to path-length dependent depolarization, imprinting an azimuthally anisotropic polariza"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2601.22882","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2601.22882/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"},"aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2601.22882","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2601.22882v2","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2601.22882","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"HYE5FBKYJMOB","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5Q","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"HYE5FBKY","created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"}],"events":[],"event_summary":{},"paper_claims":[],"inbound_citations":{"count":2,"internal_anchor_count":2,"sample":[{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.12554","citing_title":"Spin dynamics and polarization in relativistic systems: recent developments","ref_index":230,"is_internal_anchor":true},{"citing_arxiv_id":"2605.06461","citing_title":"Quantum spin dynamics of heavy quarks and polarization observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions","ref_index":36,"is_internal_anchor":true}]},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"sample":[],"anchors":[]},"links":{"html":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L","json":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L.json","graph_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/graph.json","events_json":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/events.json","paper":"https://pith.science/paper/HYE5FBKY"},"agent_actions":{"view_html":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L","download_json":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L.json","view_paper":"https://pith.science/paper/HYE5FBKY","resolve_alias":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/resolve?arxiv=2601.22882&json=true","fetch_graph":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/graph.json","fetch_events":"https://pith.science/api/pith-number/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/events.json","actions":{"anchor_timestamp":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/action/timestamp_anchor","attest_storage":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/action/storage_attestation","attest_author":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/action/author_attestation","sign_citation":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/action/citation_signature","submit_replication":"https://pith.science/pith/HYE5FBKYJMOBWM5QPGQSRJUR4L/action/replication_record"}},"created_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00","updated_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:17.545848+00:00"}