Studying minijets via the $p_T$ dependence of two-particle correlation in azimuthal angle $\varphi$

Abstract

Following my previous proposal that two-particle correlation functions can be used to resolve the minijet contribution to particle production in minimum biased events of high energy hadronic interactions, I study the $p_T$ and energy dependence of the correlation. Using HIJING Monte Carlo model, it is found that the correlation $c({\varphi }_1,{\varphi }_2)$ in azimuthal angle $\varphi$ between two particles with $p_T>p_T^{cut}$ resembles much like two back-to-back jets as $p_T^{cut}$ increases at high colliding energies due to minijet production. It is shown that $c(0,0)-c(0,\pi )$, which is related to the relative fraction of particles from minijets, increases with energy. The background of the correlation for fixed $p_T^{cut}$ also grows with energy due to the increase of multiple minijet production. Application of this analysis to the study of jet quenching in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is also discussed.

11 pages Latex text and 8 ps figures, LBL-33499

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