Quark Gluon Plasma Formation in Proton-Proton Collisions Using PYTHIA

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) formation in proton-proton (p-p) collisions. The p-p collisions at center of mass energies $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200$ $GeV$ and $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 13$ $TeV$ were simulated using PYTHIA. These are the available energies of the current collider experiments; the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). To search for the QGP Phase, the near-side yield to the away-side yield ratios were calculated for high transverse momentum particles. These ratios were then compared for the low and high multiplicity events as a function of transverse momentum. At the LHC energy in the high multiplicity events, the away-side yields show suppression compared with the near-side yields. This suppression might indicate the possibility of forming the QGP at the high-energy and high-multiplicity events in p-p collisions.