Correlation structures from soft and semi-hard components in p - p collisions at s**(1/2) = 200-GeV

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2005

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Abstract:
We present preliminary two-particle correlations for unidentified had\-rons in pp--pp collisions at s=\sqrt{s}=200 GeV. On two-particle transverse rapidity space ytyty_{\rm t} \otimes y_{\rm t} two distinct regions of correlated pairs are observed: a peaked structure at low yty_{\rm t} (pt0.4p_{\rm t}\leq 0.4 GeV/cc) and a broad structure at higher yty_{\rm t}, where the correlation is distributed as a 2D2D Gaussian centered at yt1=yt22.8y_{\rm t1}=y_{\rm t2}\simeq 2.8 (pt1,pt21.2p_{\rm t1},p_{\rm t2} \simeq 1.2 GeV/cc). We select those regions separately, projecting correlations onto momentum-{\em difference} variables (ηΔ,ϕΔ\eta_{{\it\Delta}},\phi_{{\it\Delta}}), and observe structures interpretable in the context of string and parton fragmentations from soft and semi-hard components of pp--pp collisions.
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