Effect of centrality bin width corrections on two-particle number and transverse momentum differential correlation functions

Abstract

Two-particle number and transverse momentum differential correlation functions are powerful tools for unveiling the detailed dynamics and particle production mechanisms involved in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Measurements of transverse momentum correlators $P_2$ and $G_2$, in particular, provide added information not readily accessible with better known number correlation functions $R_2$. However, it is found that the $R_2$ and $G_2$ correlators are somewhat sensitive to the details of the experimental procedure used to measure them. They exhibit, in particular, a dependence on the collision centrality bin width, which may have a rather detrimental impact on their physical interpretation. A technique to correct these correlators for collision centrality bin-width averaging is presented. The technique is based on the hypothesis that the shape of single- and pair- probability densities vary slower with collision centrality than the corresponding integrated yields. The technique is tested with Pb-Pb simulations based on the HIJING and ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics models and shown to enable a precision better than 1% for particles in the kinematic range $0.2\le p_{\mathrm{T}}\le 2.0$ GeV/$c$.

arXiv comment14 pages, 6 figures

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