Abstract
The system created in non-central relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions carries large angular orbital momentum. Due to spin–orbital coupling, produced particles could be globally polarized along the direction of the system angular momentum. We present results of a measurement of lambda hyperon global polarization in Au+Au collisions at the centre-of-mass energies 62 and 200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. The observed global polarization of lambda hyperons in the STAR acceptance is consistent with zero within the precision of the measurement. The obtained upper limit, |PΛ| < 0.01, is significantly below the theoretical values discussed recently in the literature.
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