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Realtime dynamics of hyperon spin correlations from string fragmentation in a deformed four-flavor Schwinger model

  • United States Department of Energy
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Self-polarizing weak decays of Λ-hyperons provide unique insight into the role of entanglement in the fragmentation of QCD strings through measurements of the spin correlations of ΛΛ¯ pairs produced in collider experiments. The simplest quantum field theory representing the underlying parton dynamics is the four-flavor massive Schwinger model plus an effective spin-flip term, where the flavors are mapped to light (up or down) and heavy (strange) quarks and their spins. This construction provides a novel way to explore hyperon spin correlations in 1+1 dimensions. We investigate the evolution of these correlations for different string configurations that are sensitive to the rich structure of the model Hamiltonian.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116003
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume109
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2024

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