An attempt to isolate the double ridge in high multiplicity pp collisions using the transverse spherocity

Abstract: One of the hot topics at the LHC is the double ridge observed in small systems. Originally it was found in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV when subtracting low multiplicity from high multiplicity events. This thesis attempts to isolate a double ridge in pp collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 13 TeV by utilizing multiplicity and transverse spherocity. While the double ridge was not successfully isolated, the results display potential issues with the transverse spherocity selection of QGP-like events. This thesis outlines the method used for the analysis and discusses the results.