Two-particle angular correlations are measured in high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =13$ TeV by the ALICE Collaboration. The yields of particle pairs at short-($\Delta\eta$ $\sim$ 0) and long-range ($1.6 <~ |\Delta\eta| <~ 1.8$) in pseudorapidity are extracted on the near-side ($\Delta\varphi$ $\sim$ 0). They are reported as a function of transverse momentum ($p_{\mathrm T}$) in the range $1 <~p_{\mathrm T}<~ 4$ GeV/$c$. Furthermore, the event-scale dependence is studied for the first time by requiring the presence of high-$p_{\rm T}$ leading particles and jets for varying $p_{\rm T}$ thresholds. The results demonstrate that the long-range "ridge" yield, possibly related to the collective behavior of the system, is present in events with high-$p_{\mathrm T}$ processes. The magnitudes of the short- and long-range yields are found to grow with the event scale. The results are compared to EPOS LHC and PYTHIA 8 calculations, with and without string-shoving interactions. It is found that while both models describe the qualitative trends in the data, calculations from EPOS LHC show a better quantitative agreement, in particular for the $p_{\rm T}$ and event-scale dependencies.
JHEP 05 (2021) 290
HEP Data
e-Print: arXiv:2101.03110 | PDF | inSPIRE
CERN-EP-2021-006
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Figure 1
Two-particle correlation functions as functions of $\Delta\eta$ and $\Delta\varphi$ in minimum-bias events (0--100\%, left) and high-multiplicity (0--0.1\%, right). Note that the near-side jet peaks exceed the chosen range of the $z$-axis. The intervals of $\pttrig$ and $\ptassoc$ are 1 $ |   |
Figure 2
One-dimensional $\Delta\varphi$ distribution in the large $\Delta\eta$ projection for three transverse momentum intervals in minimum bias (upper panels) and high-multiplicity (lower panels) events after ZYAM subtraction. Transverse momentum intervals of the trigger particles and associated particles are 1 $ |  |
Figure 3
Fully corrected near-side ridge yield as a function transverse momentum. The open blue boxes denote the measurement by ALICE. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown as vertical bars and boxes, respectively. The CMS measurement is represented by filled circles and extends down to lower $\pt$ due to the larger $\Delta\eta$ acceptance (see Sec. \ref{sec:ana}). The three lines show model predictions from $\pythiam$ (blue dotted line), $\pythiashoving$ (orange line), and $\epos$ (green dashed line). |  |
Figure 4
Two-dimensional correlation functions as a function of $\Delta\eta$ and $\Delta\varphi$ in high-multiplicity events including a selection on the event-scale. The interval of $\pttrig$ and $\ptassoc$ is 1 $$ 9 GeV/$c$ leading track. Right: HM events with a $\ptjet>$ 10 GeV/$c$. |   |
Figure 6
Near-side ridge yield as a function of the $\it{p}^{\rm{LP}}_{\rm{T,min}}$ (left) and $\it{p}^{\rm{Jet}}_{\rm{T,min}}$ (right). Data points (filled circles) show the ALICE measurement. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown as vertical bars and boxes, respectively. As the ridge yield is obtained in the same operational way for data and models, the upper limit of the systematic uncertainty due to jet contamination, which is 18.9\%, is not included in the figure. The data are compared with predictions of models which are represented by colored bands. The bottom panel shows a ratio of the models to the data. The uncertainty of the data is represented by the gray band centered around unity. |  |
Figure 7
Near-side jet-like peak yield as a function of the $\it{p}^{\rm{LP}}_{\rm{T,min}}$ (left) and $\it{p}^{\rm{jet}}_{\rm{T,min}}$ (right). The filled circles show measurement with ALICE. The statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown as vertical bars and boxes, respectively. The measurements are compared with model descriptions from $\pythiam$, $\pythiashoving$, and $\epos$ for both selections. The total uncertainty of the ratio is represented by the gray band centered around unity. |  |