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Measuring the space-time extent of nuclear collisions using interferometry

Authors :
O. Harsen
M. Spegel
S. Esumi
M. Leltchouk
Hiroaki Ohnishi
W. E. Sondheim
M. Potekhin
Michael D. Murray
Masashi Kaneta
J. Dodd
B. Lörstad
D. Ferenc
P. Hummel
Toru Sugitate
Nu Xu
M. Hamelin
J. Schmidt-Sørensen
N. Maeda
Achim Franz
Y. Sumi
H. Bøggild
K.L. Wolf
W. J. Willis
H. W. Van Hecke
J.J. Gaardhøje
A. Franz
Daniel S. Zachary
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
Venetios Polychronakos
B. Erazmus
A. Ljubicic
J. Simon-Gillo
Guy Paic
J. Boissevain
J. Pluta
Gilbert Poulard
J. P. Sullivan
A. Medvedev
M. Kopytine
D. Hardtke
Aya Sakaguchi
Ian Gardner Bearden
C.W. Fabjan
T. J. Humanic
E. B. Holzer
R. Jayanti
D. E. Fields
B. V. Jacak
S.U. Pandey
F. Piuz
Source :
Nuclear Physics A. 610:240-247
Publication Year :
1996
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1996.

Abstract

Hanbury-Brown and Twiss (HBT) interferometry is used to study the space-time evolution of nuclear collisions at CERN energies. Pairs of identified pions, kaons and protons are studied by NA44 for a variety of collisions systems ranging from p-Pb to PbPb. The pion and kaon correlation data from the 1994 and 1995 Pb runs are compared to published data. The systematic increase in radius parameter with system size is continued in the Pb data sample. Model comparision stress the importance of scattering in the evolution of the collision.

Details

ISSN :
03759474
Volume :
610
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Physics A
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........4172ff47c78843bcfb00fe1bebf684e5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0375-9474(96)00358-2