Simple Power-Law Model for generating correlated particles

Abstract

A search for the critical point of the strongly interacting matter by studying power-law fluctuations within the framework of intermittency is ongoing. In particular, experimental data on proton and pion production in heavy-ion collisions are analyzed in transverse momentum space. In this regard, a simple Monte Carlo model with an explicit power-law multi-particle correlation in transverse momentum space is introduced. The model is intended as a phenomenological tool to study the sensitivity of intermittency analyses to power-law correlated particles in the presence of various detector effects.

arXiv comment11 pages, 2 figures