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Long range energy-energy correlator at the LHC

Abstract

We study the forward-backward azimuthal angular correlations of hadrons in association with multiparticle production in the central rapidity region in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. We apply the nucleon energy-energy correlator framework, where the spinning gluon distribution introduces a nontrivial cos⁡(2⁢𝜙) asymmetries. We will demonstrate that the fundamental helicity structure of quantym chromodynamics (QCD) amplitudes predicts a unique power counting rule: cos⁡(2⁢𝜙) asymmetry starts at 𝒪⁡(𝛼$^{2}_{s}$) order for dijet, 𝒪⁡(𝛼 𝑠 ) for three jet and 𝒪⁡(1) for four (and more) jet productions. Our results will help us to understand the longstanding puzzle of nearside ridge behavior observed in high multiplicity events of 𝑝⁢𝑝 collisions at the LHC.

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Guo, Yuxun [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000286224480), Liu, Xiaohui [Beijing Normal University (China)] (ORCID:0000000277011205), Yuan, Feng [Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Universität Tübingen (Germany)] (ORCID:0000000199793853). 2025-09-05. Long range energy-energy correlator at the LHC. https://doi.org/10.1103/y34s-wn4l

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