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(Strange) meson interferometry at RHIC

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
The authors make predictions for the kaon interferometry measurements in Au + Au collisions at the relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). A first order phase transition from a thermalized Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) to a gas of hadrons is assumed for the transport calculations. The fraction of kaons that are directly emitted from the phase boundary is considerably enhanced at large transverse momenta K{sub T} {approx} 1 GeV/c. In this kinematic region, the sensitivity of the R{sub out}/R{sub side} ratio to the QGP-properties is enlarged. The results of the 1-dimensional correlation analysis are presented. The extracted interferometry radii, depending on K{sub T}, are not unusually large and are strongly affected by finite momentum resolution effects.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Division of Nuclear Physics, Contracts DE-AC03-76SF00098 and DE-FG02-96ER40945 and DE-AC02-98CH10886; Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung-Darmstadt (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
837790
Report Number(s):
LBNL--49594
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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