The dependence of the number of pomerons on the impact parameter and the long-range rapidity correlations in pp collisions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a simple model for proton-proton collisions that incorporates color string fusion effects, linking pomeron parameters to observable correlations, and provides a Monte Carlo algorithm to analyze long-range correlations.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel model connecting pomeron parameters with color string fusion effects and develops a Monte Carlo algorithm for analyzing correlations in pp collisions.

Findings

Model accounts for color string fusion in pp interactions

Monte Carlo algorithm calculates long-range correlation functions

Parameters linked to pomeron trajectory and couplings

Abstract

The simple model which enables to take into account the effects of a colour string fusion in pp interactions is suggested. The parameters of the model are connected with the parameters of the pomeron trajectory and its couplings to hadrons. On the base of the model the MC algorithm which enables to calculate the long-range correlation functions between multiplicities and between the average transverse momentum and the multiplicity in pp collisions is developed.