Baryon correlations in PYTHIA

We present the results from our investigation of angular correlations between baryons pairs in the PYTHIA8 event generator. We show how colour reconnection models and hadronization mechanisms influence such angular correlations and in particular address the effect of gluons on the baryon production mechanism in the Lund string fragmentation model. We conclude by discussing the new theoretical ideas in comparison with the ALICE pp collision results for the baryon angular correlations. We propose a hypothesis for suppressing baryons produced in gluon jets and show how that may influence the angular correlations.

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We present the results of our investigation into the angular correlations between baryon pairs in the PYTHIA8 event generator. We examine how color reconnection models and hadronization mechanisms affect these correlations, focusing on the impact of gluons on the baryon production mechanism in the Lund string fragmentation model.