Long- and short-range correlations and their event-scale dependence in high-multiplicity pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

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Two-particle angular correlations are measured in high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions at √s s = 13 TeV by the ALICE Collaboration. The yields of particle pairs at short-(∆η∼ 0) and long-range (1.6<|∆η|<1.8) in pseudorapidity are extracted on the near-side (∆φ∼ 0). They are reported as a function of transverse momentum (pT) in the range 1< pT<4 GeV/c. Furthermore, the event-scale dependence is studied for the first time by requiring the presence of high-pTleading particles or jets for varyingpTthresholds. The results demonstrate that the long-range “ridge” yield, possibly related to the collective behavior of the system, is present in events with high-pTprocesses as well. The magnitudes of the short- and long-range yields are found to grow with the event scale. The results are compared to EPOS LHC and PYTHIA 8 calculations, with and without string-shoving interactions. It is found that while both models describe the qualitative trends in the data, calculations from EPOS LHC show a better quantitative agreement for thepTdependency, while overestimating the event-scale dependency.