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Toward an unbiased flow measurements in LHC $pp$ collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-03-13 v1

Abstract

Long-range correlations for pairs of charged particles with two-particle angular correlations are studied in pppp at s=13{\sqrt{{\textit s}}}=13~TeV with various Monte Carlo generators. The correlation functions are constructed as functions of relative azimuthal angle Δφ\Delta\varphi and pseudorapidity separation Δη\Delta\eta for pairs of different particle species with the identified hadrons such as π\pi, KK, pp, and Λ\Lambda in wide Δη\Delta\eta ranges. Fourier coefficients are extracted for the long-range correlations in several -multiplicity classes using a low-multiplicity template fit method. The method allows to subtract the enhanced away-side jet fragments in high-multiplicity with respect to low-multiplicity events. However, we found that due to a kinematic bias on jets and differing model implementation of flow and jet components, subtracting the non-flow contamination in small systems can bias the results. It is found that PYTHIA8 Default model where the presence of the collective flow is not expected but the bias results in very large flow. Also extracting flow signal from the EPOS4 and PYTHIA8 String Shoving models is not possible because of flow signal introduced in the low-multiplicity events. Only AMPT String Melting model among studied model calculations is free from this bias, and shows a mass ordering at low pTp_{\mathrm{T}} and particle type grouping in the intermediate pTp_{\mathrm{T}} range. This feature has first found in large systems but the mass ordering in small systems is different from what is observed in the large collision systems.

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@article{arxiv.2303.05806,
  title  = {Toward an unbiased flow measurements in LHC $pp$ collisions},
  author = {SuJeong Ji and Maxim Virta and Teemu Kallio and SangHoon Lim and Dong Jo Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.05806},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 16 figures