Bose-Einstein correlations in Si+Al and Si+Au collisions at 14. 6 A GeV/ c

The E802 Spectrometer at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron has been used to measure the correlations in relative momentum between like-sign pions emitted in central Si+Al and Si+Au collisions at 14.6{ital A} GeV/{ital c}. Data are presented in terms of the correlation function for both...

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Published in:Physical review letters 1992-08, Vol.69:7
Main Authors: Abbott, T., Akiba, Y., Beavis, D., Bloomer, M.A., Bond, P.D., Chasman, C., Chen, Z., Chu, Y.Y., Cole, B.A., Costales, J.B., Crawford, H.J., Cumming, J.B., Debbe, R., Engelage, J., Fung, S.Y., Gushue, S., Hamagaki, H., Hansen, O., Hayano, R.S., Hayashi, S., Homma, S., Huang, H.Z., Ikeda, Y., Juricic, I., Kang, J., Katcoff, S., Kaufman, S., Kimura, K., Kitamura, K., Kurita, K., Ledoux, R.J., Levine, M.J., Miake, Y., Morse, R.J., Moskowitz, B., Nagamiya, S., Olness, J., Parsons, C.G., Remsberg, L.P., Sakurai, H., Sarabura, M., Stankus, P., Steadman, S.G., Stephans, G.S.F., Sugitate, T., Tannenbaum, M.J., Van Dijk, J.H., Videbaek, F., Vient, M., Vutsadakis, V., Wegner, H.E., Woodruff, D.S., Wu, Y.D., Zajc, W.A.
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Language:English
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663450 - Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-)
663530 - Nuclear Mass Ranges- A=20-38- (1992-)
663580 - Nuclear Mass Ranges- A=190-219- (1992-)
ALUMINIUM ISOTOPES
BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CORRELATIONS
DATA
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
GOLD ISOTOPES
HADRONS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIFETIME
MESONS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
SILICON ISOTOPES
TEV RANGE
TEV RANGE 01-10
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Summary:The E802 Spectrometer at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron has been used to measure the correlations in relative momentum between like-sign pions emitted in central Si+Al and Si+Au collisions at 14.6{ital A} GeV/{ital c}. Data are presented in terms of the correlation function for both identified {pi}{sup {minus}} and {pi}{sup +} pairs near the nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass rapidity. All parametrizations of the correlation function are consistent with a spherically symmetric source of rms radius {ital R}{sub rms}{approx}3.5{plus minus}0.4 fm and lifetime {tau}{similar to}2 fm/{ital c}.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1030