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Title: Importance of initial and final state effects for azimuthal correlations in p + Pb collisions

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
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  1. Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt (Germany). Institut für Theoretische Physik
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Physics Department
  3. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Department of Physics
  4. Tsinghua University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China). Department of Physics

In this work, we investigate the relative importance of initial and final state effects on azimuthal correlations of gluons in low and high multiplicity p+Pb collisions. To achieve this, we couple Yang-Mills dynamics of pre-equilibrium gluon fields (IP-GLASMA) to a perturbative QCD based parton cascade for the final state evolution (BAMPS) on an event-by-event basis. We find that signatures of both the initial state correlations and final state interactions are seen in azimuthal correlation observables, such as v2 {2PC} (pT), their strength depending on the event multiplicity and transverse momentum. Initial state correlations dominate v2 {2PC} (pT) in low multiplicity events for transverse momenta pT > 2 GeV. Lastly, while final state interactions are dominant in high multiplicity events, initial state correlations affect v2 {2PC} (pT) for pT > 2 GeV as well as the pT integrated v2 {2PC}.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); BNL Program Development
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; FG02-97ER41014; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1431278
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1410401
Report Number(s):
BNL-203392-2018-JAAM; PRVDAQ; TRN: US1802770
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 96, Issue 9; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 35 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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