/ hep-ex CERN-PH-EP-2012-366

Observation of Associated Near-side and Away-side Long-range Correlations in sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV Proton-lead Collisions with the ATLAS Detector

Pages: 5

Abstract: Two-particle correlations in relative azimuthal angle (Delta-phi) and pseudorapidity (Delta-eta) are measured in sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV p+Pb collisions using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurements are performed using approximately 1 mub^-1 of data as a function of p_T and the transverse energy (SumE_T) summed over 3.1 < eta < 4.9 in the direction of the Pb beam. The correlation function, constructed from charged particles, exhibits a long-range (2<|Delta-eta|<5) near-side (Delta-phi ~ 0) correlation that grows rapidly with increasing SumE_T. A long-range away-side (Delta-phi ~ pi) correlation, obtained by subtracting the expected contributions from recoiling dijets and other sources estimated using events with small SumE_T, is found to match the near-side correlation in magnitude, shape (in Delta-eta and Delta-phi) and SumE_T dependence. The resultant Delta-phi correlation is approximately symmetric about pi/2, and is consistent with a cos(2Delta-phi) modulation for all SumE_T ranges and particle p_T. The amplitude of this modulation is comparable in magnitude and p_T dependence to similar modulations observed in heavy-ion collisions, suggestive of final-state collective effects in high multiplicity events.

Note: 5 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter. Additional auxiliary plots can be found at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HION-2012-13/. Change to reference w.r.t v1

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