Azimuthal correlations in high-energy pp/pA collisions and anisotropic gluon distributions

28 Apr 2015, 12:00
25m
BALLROOM WEST

BALLROOM WEST

WG2 Small-x, Diffraction and Vector Mesons WG2 Small-x, Diffraction and Vector Mesons

Speaker

Adrian Dumitru (Baruch College (City University of New York))

Description

Experiments at RHIC and the LHC have revealed anisotropic multi-particle azimuthal correlations in high multiplicity pp and pA collisions. These correlations are long range in rapidity (resp. log 1/x) and extend to semi-hard transverse momenta of several GeV. I discuss first steps towards understanding azimuthal correlations from small-x QCD, and the information they could provide about anisotropic gluon distributions at small x.

Primary author

Adrian Dumitru (Baruch College (City University of New York))

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