The transverse polarization of Λ and Λ¯ hyperons produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-ofmass energy of 7 TeV is measured. The analysis uses 760 μb−1 of minimum bias data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in the year 2010. The measured transverse polarization averaged over Feynman xF from 5 × 10−5 to 0.01 and transverse momentum pT from 0.8 to 15 GeV is −0.010 ± 0.005stat ± 0.004syst for Λ and 0.002 ± 0.006stat ± 0.004syst for Λ¯ . It is also measured as a function of xF and pT, but no significant dependence on these variables is observed. Prior to this measurement, the polarization was measured at fixed-target experiments with center-of-mass energies up to about 40 GeV. The ATLAS results are compatible with the extrapolation of a fit from previous measurements to the xF range covered by this measurement.

Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., et al. (2015). Measurement of the transverse polarization of Λ and Λ− hyperons produced in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 91(3), 1-23 [10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032004].

Measurement of the transverse polarization of Λ and Λ− hyperons produced in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

F. Ceradini;B. Di Micco;R. Di Nardo;D. Orestano;F. Petrucci;D. Puddu;G. Salamanna;C. Taccini;M. Trovatelli;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The transverse polarization of Λ and Λ¯ hyperons produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-ofmass energy of 7 TeV is measured. The analysis uses 760 μb−1 of minimum bias data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in the year 2010. The measured transverse polarization averaged over Feynman xF from 5 × 10−5 to 0.01 and transverse momentum pT from 0.8 to 15 GeV is −0.010 ± 0.005stat ± 0.004syst for Λ and 0.002 ± 0.006stat ± 0.004syst for Λ¯ . It is also measured as a function of xF and pT, but no significant dependence on these variables is observed. Prior to this measurement, the polarization was measured at fixed-target experiments with center-of-mass energies up to about 40 GeV. The ATLAS results are compatible with the extrapolation of a fit from previous measurements to the xF range covered by this measurement.
2015
Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., et al. (2015). Measurement of the transverse polarization of Λ and Λ− hyperons produced in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY, 91(3), 1-23 [10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032004].
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