English

Cluster properties from two-particle angular correlations in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 and 410 GeV

Nuclear Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We present results on two-particle angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at center of mass energies of 200 and 410 GeV. The PHOBOS experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has a uniquely large coverage for charged particles, giving the opportunity to explore the correlations at both short- and long-range scales. At both energies, a complex two-dimensional correlation structure in Δη\Delta \eta and Δϕ\Delta \phi is observed. In the context of an independent cluster model of short-range correlations, the cluster size and its decay width are extracted from the two-particle pseudorapidity correlation function and compared with previous measurements in proton-proton and proton-antiproton collisions, as well as PYTHIA and HIJING predictions.

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@article{arxiv.0704.0966,
  title  = {Cluster properties from two-particle angular correlations in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 200 and 410 GeV},
  author = {B. Alver and the PHOBOS Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.0966},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

10 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C