2024/03/04 by D. Ruggiano, Ruggiano, Daniela
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2403.02549
openalex publication_date 2024/03/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The two-particle angular correlations in the Δy,Δφ space provide valuable insights into the properties of hadronization mechanisms and quark-gluon plasma properties. The correlation functions are influenced by several physical sources, including mini-jet correlations, Bose-Einstein quantum statistics, resonance decays, conservation of energy and momentum, and other factors. Each correlation source has unique properties, and therefore each correlation function has a distinct form depending on transverse momentum and/or multiplicity. Previous results from angular correlation analysis of pp collisions at the LHC energies indicate an anticorrelation for pairs of baryons of the same sign in Δη,Δφ space. This contradicts the predictions of Monte Carlo models, such as PYTHIA8 and EPOS. This study aims to investigate this behavior by exploring the correlation functions of different charge combinations of the detected particles (specifically, \rmπ±, \rmK±, and \rmp\rmp) and multiplicity classes in the Δy,Δφ space for pp and p--Pb collisions at LHC energies. In addition, the study includes a comparison of the results obtained from both collision systems.