femtoscopy in Pb-Pb collisions at TeV
The first measurements of the scattering parameters of pairs in all three charge combinations ( , and ) are presented. The results are achieved through a femtoscopic analysis of correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at TeV recorded by ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider. The femtoscopic correlations result from strong final-state interactions and are fit with a parametrization allowing for both the characterization of the pair emission source and the measurement of the scattering parameters for the particle pairs. Extensive studies with the THERMINATOR 2 event generator provide a good description of the nonfemtoscopic background, which results mainly from collective effects, with unprecedented precision. Furthermore, together with HIJING simulations, this model is used to account for contributions from residual correlations induced by feed-down from particle decays. The extracted scattering parameters indicate that the strong force is repulsive in the interaction and attractive in the interaction. The data hint that the interaction is attractive; however, the uncertainty of the result does not permit such a decisive conclusion. The results suggest an effect arising either from different quark-antiquark interactions between the pairs ( in and in ) or from different net strangeness for each system ( for , and for ). Finally, the systems exhibit source radii larger than expected from extrapolation from identical particle femtoscopic studies. This effect is interpreted as resulting from the separation in space-time of the single-particle and source distributions.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Organization:
- ALICE Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1781890
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1798791; OSTI ID: 1822017
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Vol. 103 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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