Factorial Correlators and Split-Bin Correlation Functions in p-Nucleus Interactions at 800 GeV

Abstract

We present the first results on correlations in multiparticle production in p-nucleus interactions at 800 GeV using scaled factorial correlators and split-bin correlation functions. The behaviors of factorial correlators as a function of bin-bin distance in pseudorapidity as well as bin width is consistent with the random cascading picture of hadronization. From the analysis of the split-bin correlation functions as a function of bin-width, it is found that the two-particle dynamical correlations are due to resonance-like production mechanism.