This Letter presents the measurement of near-side associated per-trigger yields, denoted ridge yields, from the analysis of angular correlations of charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Long-range ridge yields are extracted for pairs of charged particles with a pseudorapidity difference of 1.4<|Δη|<1.8 and a transverse momentum of 1<2 GeV/c, as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity measured at midrapidity. This study extends the measurements of the ridge yield to the low multiplicity region, where in hadronic collisions it is typically conjectured that a strongly-interacting medium is unlikely to be formed. The precision of the new low multiplicity results allows for the first direct quantitative comparison with the results obtained in e+e− collisions at √s = 91 GeV and √s = 183−209 GeV, where initial-state effects such as pre-equilibrium dynamics and collision geometry are not expected to play a role. In the multiplicity range 8≲⟨Nch⟩≲24 where the e+e− results have good precision, the measured ridge yields in pp collisions are substantially larger than the limits set in e+e− annihilations. Consequently, the findings presented in this Letter suggest that the processes involved in e+e− annihilations do not contribute significantly to the emergence of long-range correlations in pp collisions.

Acharya, S., Adamová, D., Aglieri Rinella, G., Aglietta, L., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2024). Emergence of Long-Range Angular Correlations in Low-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 132(17), 1-13 [10.1103/physrevlett.132.172302].

Emergence of Long-Range Angular Correlations in Low-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions

Agrawal, N.;Alici, A.;Arcelli, S.;Bellini, F.;Colocci, M.;Ercolessi, F.;Jacazio, N.;Malfattore, G.;Romanenko, G.;Rubini, N.;Scioli, G.;Strazzi, S.;
2024

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This Letter presents the measurement of near-side associated per-trigger yields, denoted ridge yields, from the analysis of angular correlations of charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. Long-range ridge yields are extracted for pairs of charged particles with a pseudorapidity difference of 1.4<|Δη|<1.8 and a transverse momentum of 1<2 GeV/c, as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity measured at midrapidity. This study extends the measurements of the ridge yield to the low multiplicity region, where in hadronic collisions it is typically conjectured that a strongly-interacting medium is unlikely to be formed. The precision of the new low multiplicity results allows for the first direct quantitative comparison with the results obtained in e+e− collisions at √s = 91 GeV and √s = 183−209 GeV, where initial-state effects such as pre-equilibrium dynamics and collision geometry are not expected to play a role. In the multiplicity range 8≲⟨Nch⟩≲24 where the e+e− results have good precision, the measured ridge yields in pp collisions are substantially larger than the limits set in e+e− annihilations. Consequently, the findings presented in this Letter suggest that the processes involved in e+e− annihilations do not contribute significantly to the emergence of long-range correlations in pp collisions.
2024
Acharya, S., Adamová, D., Aglieri Rinella, G., Aglietta, L., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., et al. (2024). Emergence of Long-Range Angular Correlations in Low-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 132(17), 1-13 [10.1103/physrevlett.132.172302].
Acharya, S.; Adamová, D.; Aglieri Rinella, G.; Aglietta, L.; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, S.; Ahn, S.  U.; Ahuja, I.; Akindinov, A.; ...espandi
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