Forward–backward multiplicity correlations in ring like and jet like events in 16O–AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV

Abstract

We have studied the forward–backward correlations of charged-particle multiplicities in symmetric bins in pseudorapidity space in order to gain insight into the underlying correlations structure of particle production in case of ring-like and jet-like events of 16O–AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV. The variance σc2 of a suitably defined the forward-backward asymmetry variable C has been determined. The experimental results confirm correlations of the produced particles in the forward and the backward pseudorapidity region for both ring-like and jet-like events.