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Phys. Rev. C 75, 034901 (2007) [14 pages]

ΔϕΔη correlations in central Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 6 July 2006; published 8 March 2007

We report charged particle pair correlation analyses in the space of Δϕ (azimuth) and Δη (pseudorapidity), for central Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV in the STAR detector. The analysis involves unlike-sign charged pairs and like-sign charged pairs, which are transformed into charge-dependent (CD) signals and charge-independent (CI) signals. We present detailed parametrizations of the data. A model featuring dense gluonic hot spots as first proposed by Van Hove predicts that the observables under investigation would have sensitivity to such a substructure should it occur, and the model also motivates selection of transverse momenta in the range 0.8<pt<2.0 GeV/c. Both CD and CI correlations of high statistical significance are observed, and possible interpretations are discussed.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.75.034901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.75.034901
PACS:
25.75.Gz, 12.38.Mh, 12.38.Qk