Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Two-pion interferometry for a partially coherent evolution source

  • 1. Harbin Inst. of Technology, Harbin (China). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Centre of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator of Lanzhou, Lanzhou (China)
  • 3. School of Physics and Optoelectronic Technology, Dalian Univ. of Technology, Dalian (China)

Description

We give the formulas of two-pion Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (HBT) correlation function for a partially coherent evolution pion-emitting source, using quantum probability amplitudes in a path-integral formalism. The multiple scattering of the particles in the source is taken into consideration based on Glauber scattering theory. Two-pion interferometry with effects of the multiple scattering and source collective expansion is examined for a partially coherent source of hadronic gas with a finite baryon density and evolving hydrodynamically. We do not find observable effect of either the multiple scattering or the source collective expansion on HBT chaotic parameter. (authors)

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Journal Title
Chinese Physics. C, High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 120-125
ISSN
1674-1137

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Notes
1 fig., 13 refs.