Pseudorapidity dependence of short-range correlations from a multi-phase transport model

Abstract

Using a multi-phase transport model (AMPT) that includes both initial partonic and hadronic interactions, we study neighboring bin multiplicity correlations as a function of pseudorapidity in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=7.7-62.4$ GeV. It is observed that for $\sqrt{s_{NN}}<$19.6GeV Au+Au collisions, the short-range correlations of final particles have a trough at central pseudorapidity, while for $\sqrt{s_{NN}}>$19.6GeV AuAu collisions, the short-range correlations of final particles have a peak at central pseudorapidity. Our findings indicate that the pseudorapidity dependence of short-range correlations should contain some new physical information, and are not a simple result of the pseudorapidity distribution of final particles. The AMPT results with and without hadronic scattering are compared. It is found that hadron scattering can only increase the short-range correlations to some level, but is not responsible for the different correlation shapes for different energies. Further study shows that the different pseudorapidity dependence of short-range correlations are mainly due to partonic evolution and the following hadronization scheme.

5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to CPC

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