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Transverse Momentum Correlations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

From the correlation structure of transverse momentum ptp_t in relativistic nuclear collisions we observe for the first time temperature/velocity structure resulting from low-Q2Q^2 partons. Our novel analysis technique does not invoke an {\em a priori} jet hypothesis. ptp_t autocorrelations derived from the scale dependence of <pt><p_t> fluctuations reveal a complex parton dissipation process in RHIC heavy ion collisions. We also observe structure which may result from collective bulk-medium recoil in response to parton stopping.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0506177,
  title  = {Transverse Momentum Correlations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions},
  author = {Thomas A Trainor and Duncan J Prindle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0506177},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 10 figures, proceedings, MIT workshop on fluctuations and correlations in relativistic nuclear collisions