Two-dimensional analysis of Bose-Einstein correlations in hadronic Z decays at LEP

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 2004, Vol.36, p.147-159
• Main Authors: Heister, A., Schael, S., Barate, R., Bruneliere, R., de Bonis, I., Decamp, D., Goy, C., Jezequel, S., Lees, J.P., Martin, F., Merle, E., Minard, M.N., Pietrzyk, B., Trocme, B., Bravo, S., Casado, M.P., Chmeissani, M., Crespo, J.M., Fernandez, E., Fernandez-Bosman, M., Garrido, Ll, Martinez, M., Pacheco, A., Ruiz, H., Colaleo, A., Creanza, D., de Filippis, N., de Palma, M., Iaselli, G., Maggi, G., Maggi, M., Nuzzo, S., Ranieri, A., Raso, G., Ruggieri, F., Selvaggi, G., Silvestris, L., Tempesta, P., Tricomi, A., Zito, G., Huang, X., Lin, Jiali, Ouyang, Q., Wang, T., Xie, Y., Xu, R., Xue, S., Zhang, J., Zhang, L., Zhao, W., Abbaneo, D., Barklow, T., Buchmuller, O., Cattaneo, M., Clerbaux, B., Drevermann, H., Forty, R.W., Frank, M., Gianotti, F., Hansen, J.B., Harvey, J., Hutchcroft, D.E., Janot, P., Jost, B., Kado, M., Mato, P., Moutoussi, A., Ranjard, F., Rolandi, L., Schlatter, D., Sguazzoni, G., Tejessy, W., Teubert, F., Valassi, A., Videau, I., Badaud, F., Dessagne, S., Falvard, Alain, Fayolle, D., Gay, Pascal, Jousset, J., Michel, B., Monteil, S., Pallin, D., Pascolo, J M., Perret, Pascal, Hansen, J.D., Hansen, J.R., Hansen, P.H., Kraan, A.C., Nilsson, B.S., Kyriakis, A., Markou, C., Simopoulou, E., Vayaki, A., Zachariadou, K., Blondel, A., Brient, J-C., Machefert, F., Rouge, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics
• ISSN: 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2004-01884-3

Bose-Einstein correlations are studied in pairs of charged pions from hadronic Z decays, collected by the ALEPH detector.The correlation function, measured using either the unlike-sign or the mixed reference sample, is studied in terms of the Lorentz-invariant four-momentum difference and its transverse, $Q_{\textrm{T}}$, and longitudinal, $Q_{\textrm{L}}$, components with respect to the longitudinal centre-of-mass system. Values for the correlation radii, $R_{\textrm{T}}$ and $R_{\textrm{L}}$, are obtained from the fit of the Goldhaber parametrisation.The results indicate that the correlation radii values depend on the chosen kind of reference sample and on the two-jet purity.