2000/02/01 by K. Morita, Kenji Morita, Shin Muroya +9
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0002001
5 pages, LaTeX with six eps figures, Contribution to 'International Workshop XXVIII on Gross Properties of Nuclei And Nuclear Excitations'. Hirchegg, Austria, Jan 16-22, 2000
arxiv created 2000/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2000/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate pion source sizes through the Yano-Koonin-Podgoretski\uı (YKP) parametrization for the Hanbury-Brown Twiss (HBT) effect in the CERN-SPS 158 GeV/A central collisions. We calculate two-particle correlation functions numerically based on a (3+1)-dimensional relativistic hydrodynamics with a first order phase transition and analyze the pair momentum dependence of the HBT radii extracted from the YKP parametrization in detail. We find that even in the case of a first order phase transition, expansion and the surface dominant freeze-out make the source in the hydrodynamical model opaque significantly. Consequently, the interpretation of the temporal radius parameter as the time duration becomes unavailable for the hydrodynamical model.