Pion and kaon interferometry of nuclear collisions
In the study complex reactions, the simple space-time interpretation of pion interferometry often breaks down due to strong correlations between spatial and momentum coordinates. In those cases, pion interferometry is still useful as a complementary test of specific dynamic models, but a refined formalism must be used, as discussed in the introduction. With this formalism, we show that recent NA35 data on O + Au {yields} {pi}{sup {minus}}{pi}{sup {minus}} + X at 200 AGeV are consistent with both hadronic resonance and quark-gluon plasma models for this reaction. The sensitivity of the outward and sideward transverse projected correlation function for pions is investigated. Finally, we compare pion and kaon interferometry predictions of these two models. 31 refs., 3 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5709002
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-27610; CONF-8905143-16; ON: DE90000172; TRN: 89-024609
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NATO advanced study institute international advanced course on the nuclear equation of state, Peniscola (Spain), 12 May - 3 Jun 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HEAVY ION REACTIONS
INTERFEROMETRY
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
GOLD 197 TARGET
KAONS
OXYGEN
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PIONS
QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS
SPACE-TIME
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FUNCTIONS
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
MESONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
TARGETS
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