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Low-$Q^2$ partons in p-p and Au-Au collisions

Nuclear Experiment 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We describe correlations of low-Q2Q^2 parton fragments on transverse rapidity yty_t and angles (η,ϕ)(\eta,\phi) from p-p and Au-Au collisions at s=\sqrt{s} = 130 and 200 GeV. Evolution of correlations on yty_t from p-p to more-central Au-Au collisions shows evidence for parton dissipation. Cuts on yty_t isolate angular correlations on (η,ϕ)(\eta,\phi) for low-Q2Q^2 partons which reveal a large asymmetry about the jet thrust axis in p-p collisions favoring the azimuth direction. Evolution of angular correlations with increasing Au-Au centrality reveals a rotation of the asymmetry to favor pseudorapidity. Angular correlations of transverse momentum ptp_t in Au-Au collisions access temperature/velocity structure resulting from low-Q2Q^2 parton scattering. ptp_t autocorrelations on (η,ϕ)(\eta,\phi), obtained from the scale dependence of <pt><p_t> fluctuations, reveal a complex parton dissipation process in heavy ion collisions which includes the possibility of collective bulk-medium recoil in response to parton stopping.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0510035,
  title  = {Low-$Q^2$ partons in p-p and Au-Au collisions},
  author = {Thomas A. Trainor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0510035},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, 4 figures, XXXV International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics 2005, Krom\^{e}\^{r}\'{i}\^{z}, Czech Republic, August 9-15, 2005