Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in nuclear collisions at 200 GeV per nucleon

  • T. Alber
  • , J. Bächler
  • , J. Bartke
  • , H. Białkowska
  • , M. A. Bloomer
  • , R. Bock
  • , W. J. Braithwaite
  • , D. Brinkmann
  • , R. Brockmann
  • , P. Bunčić
  • , P. Chan
  • , S. I. Chase
  • , P. B. Cramer
  • , J. G. Cramer
  • , I. Derado
  • , V. Eckardt
  • , J. Eschke
  • , C. Favuzzi
  • , D. Ferenc
  • , B. Fleischmann
  • P. Foka, P. Freund, M. Fuchs, M. Gaździcki, E. Gładysz, J. W. Harris, M. Hoffmann, P. Jacobs, S. Kabana, K. Kadija, J. Kosiec, M. Kowalski, A. Kühmichel, M. Lahanas, J. Y. Lee, A. Ljubičić, S. Margetis, J. T. Mitchell, R. Morse, E. Nappi, G. Odyniec, G. Paić, A. D. Panagiotou, A. Petridis, A. Piper, F. Posa, A. M. Poskanzer, H. G. Pugh, F. Pühlhofer, G. Rai, W. Rauch, R. Renfordt, W. Retyk, D. Röhrich, G. Roland, H. Rothard, K. Runge, A. Sandoval, J. Schambach, N. Schmitz, E. Schmoetten, I. Schneider, P. Seyboth, J. Seyerlein, E. Skrzypczak, P. Spinelli, P. Stefański, R. Stock, H. Ströbele, L. Teitelbaum, S. Tonse, T. A. Trainor, G. Vasileiadis, M. Vassiliou, D. Vranic, S. Wenig, B. Wosiek

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Resumen

Results of a pion interferometry analysis are presented for the reactions S+C, S+S, S+Cu, S+Ag, S+Au and O+Au at 200 GeV per nucleon. Correlation functions were measured for pairs of negative pions in narrow windows of transverse momentum and rapidity, as a function of the three components of the momentum difference vector in cylindrical coordinates. The measured two-pion correlation functions suggest a space-time evolution of the system which proceeds in the following way for central nucleus-nucleus collisions. After interpenetration of the incident nuclei, the pion source expands in a boost invariant way along the collision axis. Estimates for the proper time interval between the onset of expansion and pion decoupling, as well as for the duration of pion emission are ∼ 4 fm/c and <2 fm/c, respectively. The kT dependence observed for RS is consistent with the effect of resonance decays, alone or combined with slow transverse expansion. A linear dependence of the decoupling volume on the multiplicity is observed and indicates pion decoupling at a constant particle density. Presently available model predictions are briefly discussed

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)77-88
Número de páginas12
PublicaciónEuropean Physical Journal C
Volumen66
N.º1-2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - mar. 1995
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