System size and energy dependence of near-side dihadron correlations
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Author(s)
Balewski, Jan T.
Betancourt, Michael Joseph
Corliss, Ross Cameron
Hays-Wehle, James Prewitt
Leight, William Axel
Seele, Joseph Patrick
Surrow, Bernd
Redwine, Robert P
Steadman, Stephen G
van Nieuwenhuizen, Gerrit J
Date Issued
January 2012
Journal
Physical Review C
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American Physical Society
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Agakishiev, G. et al. “System Size and Energy Dependence of Near-side Dihadron Correlations.” Physical Review C 85.1 (2012): 014903. © 2012 American Physical Society.
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Abstract
rticle azimuthal (Δφ) and pseudorapidity (Δη) correlations using a trigger particle with large transverse momentum (pT) in d+Au, Cu+Cu, and Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider are presented. The near-side correlation is separated into a jet-like component, narrow in both Δφ and Δη, and the ridge, narrow in Δφ but broad in Δη. Both components are studied as a function of collision centrality, and the jet-like correlation is studied as a function of the trigger and associated pT. The behavior of the jet-like component is remarkably consistent for different collision systems, suggesting it is produced by fragmentation. The width of the jet-like correlation is found to increase with the system size. The ridge, previously observed in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, is also found in Cu+Cu collisions and in collisions at √sNN = 62.4 GeV, but is found to be substantially smaller at √sNN = 62.4 GeV than at √sNN = 200 GeV for the same average number of participants (〈Npart〉). Measurements of the ridge are compared to models.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014903
