Angular Correlations in STAR

Abstract

The related studies of two-particle correlations and event-by-event fluctuations have played important roles in the search for new physics through the experimental study of relativistic heavy ion collisions. We present a general method of determining minimum-bias two-particle correlations and show the relationship between these correlations and event-by-event fluctuations. Data from the STAR experiment at RHIC for Au-Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 62 and 200 GeV will be presented that show the energy and centrality dependences of angular correlations. This analysis provides a unique method for studying the interaction of semi-hard scattered partons with the dense medium produced at RHIC as well as properties of the bulk medium itself, and will shed new light on the sources of non-statistical fluctuations.

Proceedings for Correlations and Fluctuations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions workshop, July 7-9 2006, Florence, Italy; 10 pages, 4 figures

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