Towards Study of Two-Particle <i>P</i>_T Correlations in Hadronic Interactions at NICA

Abstract

A new method for studying two-particle transverse momentum (PT) correlations in soft hadronic interactions is proposed. It is shown that Monte Carlo models: PYTHIA 6 and Geant4 FTF (FRITIOF), give different predictions for the correlations in proton–proton interactions. The correlations are connected with Schwinger’s mechanism of particle creation. These correlations can be studied in current and future experiments in high energy physics, in particular, at the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA).

Keywords

• multiparticle production
• hadronic interactions
• high energy collisions
• soft particle production
• Monte Carlo event generators