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Observable consequences of event-by-event fluctuations of HBT radii

Journal Article · · Nuclear Physics. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); The Ohio State University
  2. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
We explore the effects of event-by-event fluctuations of Hanbury Brown–Twiss (HBT) radii and show how they can be observed experimentally. The relation of measured HBT radii extracted from ensemble-averaged correlation functions to the mean of their event-by-event probability distribution is clarified. Here, we propose a method to experimentally determine the mean and variance of this distribution and test it on an ensemble of fluctuating events generated with the viscous hydrodynamic code VISH2+1. Using the same code, the sensitivity of the mean and variance of the HBT radii to the specific QGP shear viscosity $$\eta$$/s is studied. We report sensitivity of the mean pion HBT radii and their variances to the temperature dependence of \eta/s near the quark-hadron transition at a level similar (10-20%) to that which was previously observed for elliptic and quadrangular flow of charged hadrons.
Research Organization:
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0004286
OSTI ID:
1604415
Journal Information:
Nuclear Physics. A, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics. A Journal Issue: C Vol. 956; ISSN 0375-9474
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

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Influence of temperature-dependent shear viscosity on elliptic flow at backward and forward rapidities in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions journal October 2014
Interferometric signatures of the temperature dependence of the specific shear viscosity in heavy-ion collisions journal May 2015
T WO -P ARTICLE C ORRELATIONS IN R ELATIVISTIC H EAVY -I ON C OLLISIONS journal December 1999

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