Spin measurements in strangeness production at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper discusses hyperon polarization in strangeness production at the LHC, highlighting its potential to shed light on spin dynamics and QGP formation in proton-proton collisions.

Contribution

It offers model predictions based on chiral dynamics and impact parameter models, proposing new insights into hyperon polarization at high energies.

Findings

Hyperon polarization can serve as a QGP tag in $pp$ collisions.

Model predictions suggest specific polarization patterns at LHC energies.

The study emphasizes the role of spin in hadron interaction dynamics.

Abstract

We briefly recollect the problem of significant hyperon polarization emphasizing the role of spin in dynamics of hadron interactions. We provide also some model predictions based on chiral dynamics and the impact parameter picture for illustration. The old, but yet unsolved problem of hyperon polarization, can obtain a new insight from the measurements at the LHC energies and, in combination with other measurements, can be used for tagging QGP formation in $pp$--collisions.