Published March 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse momentum and rapidity dependence of Hanbury-Brown-Twiss correlations in Au+Au collisions at √(sNN)= 62.4 and 200 GeV

  • 1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4843 (United States)
  • 2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)
  • 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (United States)

Description

Two-particle correlations of identical charged pion pairs from Au+Au collisions at √(sNN)=62.4 and 200 GeV were measured by the PHOBOS experiment at BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Data for the 15% most central events were analyzed with Bertsch-Pratt and Yano-Koonin-Podgoretskii parametrizations using pairs with rapidities of 0.4<yππ<1.3 and transverse momenta 0.1<kT<1.4 GeV/c. The Bertsch-Pratt radii Ro and Rl decrease as a function of pair transverse momentum. Ro and Rs are independent of collision energy, while Rl shows a slight increase. The source rapidity yYKP scales roughly with the pair rapidity yππ, indicating strong dynamical correlations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 031901-031901.5
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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Notes
(c) 2006 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
PHOBOS Collaboration