https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202225911013
Improved quark coalescence model for spin alignments of vector mesons
Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MOE) and Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
* e-mail: xls@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Published online: 1 February 2022
We propose an improved quark coalescence model for spin alignment of vector mesons by spin density matrix with phase space dependence. Within this model we propose an understanding of spin alignments of vector mesons ϕ and K*0 in the static limit: a large positive deviation of ρ00 for ϕ mesons from 1/3 may come from the electric part of the vector ϕ field, while a negative deviation of ρ00 for K*0 mesons may come from the electric part of vorticity fields. In the low-pT region, ρ00 for K*0 mesons is proportional to pT2, which is qualitatively agree with experimental results.
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