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Forward-central two-particle correlations in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Nuclear Experiment 2016-11-14 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Two-particle angular correlations between trigger particles in the forward pseudorapidity range (2.5<η<4.02.5 < |\eta| < 4.0) and associated particles in the central range (η<1.0|\eta| < 1.0) are measured with the ALICE detector in p-Pb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The trigger particles are reconstructed using the muon spectrometer, and the associated particles by the central barrel tracking detectors. In high-multiplicity events, the double-ridge structure, previously discovered in two-particle angular correlations at midrapidity, is found to persist to the pseudorapidity ranges studied in this Letter. The second-order Fourier coefficients for muons in high-multiplicity events are extracted after jet-like correlations from low-multiplicity events have been subtracted. The coefficients are found to have a similar transverse momentum (pTp_{\rm T}) dependence in p-going (p-Pb) and Pb-going (Pb-p) configurations, with the Pb-going coefficients larger by about 16±616\pm6%, rather independent of pTp_{\rm T} within the uncertainties of the measurement. The data are compared with calculations using the AMPT model, which predicts a different pTp_{\rm T} and η\eta dependence than observed in the data. The results are sensitive to the parent particle v2v_2 and composition of reconstructed muon tracks, where the contribution from heavy flavour decays are expected to dominate at pT>2p_{\rm T}>2 GeV/cc.

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@article{arxiv.1506.08032,
  title  = {Forward-central two-particle correlations in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV},
  author = {ALICE Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.08032},
  year   = {2016}
}

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26 pages, 5 captioned figures, 2 tables, authors from page 20, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/1684