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Two-particle correlations in p-Pb collisions at the LHC with ALICE

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2015-06-17 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The double ridge structure previously observed in Pb-Pb collisions has also been recently observed in high-multiplicity p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV. These systems show a long-range structure (large separation in Delta_eta) at the near- (Delta_phi ~ 0) and away-side (Delta_phi ~ pi) of the trigger particle. In order to understand the nature of this effect the two-particle correlation analysis has been extended to identified particles. Particles are identified up to transverse momentum pT values of 4 GeV/c using the energy loss signal in the Time Projection Chamber detector, complemented with the information from the Time of Flight detector. This measurement casts a new light on the potential collective (i.e. hydrodynamic) behaviour of particle production in p-Pb collisions.

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@article{arxiv.1309.3457,
  title  = {Two-particle correlations in p-Pb collisions at the LHC with ALICE},
  author = {L. Milano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.3457},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of Strangeness in Quark Matter 2013 conference, 21-27 July 2013