Anisotropic flow in pp-collisions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores collective effects in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies, deriving an upper bound for anisotropic flow coefficients and proposing a method for experimental verification through two-particle correlation measurements.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to estimate the upper bound of anisotropic flow coefficients in pp collisions and links two-particle correlations to the transient state rotation.

Findings

Derived an upper bound for flow coefficients $v_n$ in pp collisions.

Proposed a verification method using $v_2$ measurements.

Linked two-particle correlations to the rotation of the transient matter state.

Abstract

We discuss collective effects in $pp$--collisions at the LHC energies and derive an upper bound for the anisotropic flow coefficients $v_n$. A possibility of its verification via comparison with the measurements of $v_2$ is considered. We use an assumption on the relation of the two--particle correlations with the rotation of the transient state of matter.