Transverse momentum distributions and their forward-backward correlations in the percolating color string approach

Abstract

The forward-backward correlations in the p(T) distributions at midrapidity, which present a clear signature of nonlinear effects in particle production, are studied in the model of percolating color strings. Quantitative predictions are given for these correlations at SPS, RHIC, and LHC energies. Interaction of strings also naturally explains the flattening of p(T) distributions and increase of <p(T)> with energy and atomic number for nuclear collisions.