PT Journal AU Sanchis-Lozano, MA Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, E TI A correlated-cluster model and the ridge phenomenon in hadron-hadron collisions SO Physics Letters B JI Phys. Lett. B PY 2017 BP 170 EP 176 VL 766 DI 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.01.001 LA English DE pp interactions at LHC; Heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC; Ridge phenomenon; Correlated clusters; Two-particle azimuthal and rapidity correlations AB A study of the near-side ridge phenomenon in hadron-hadron collisions based on a cluster picture of multiparticle production is presented. The near-side ridge effect is shown to have a natural explanation in this context provided that clusters are produced in a correlated manner in the collision transverse plane. ER