Signal of partial U_A(1) symmetry restoration from two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations

1999/10/21 by T. Csorgo, D. Kharzeev, S. E. Vance
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph

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published as Proc. XXIX ISMD (World Scientific, Singapore, 2000, ed. C-I Tan and I Sarcevic) pp. 196-201 · 6 pages, 1 figure, Latex2e, talk given by T. Csorgo at the XXIX-th International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Brown University, Providence, RI, August 1999

arxiv created 1999/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The intercept parameter of the two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions at low transverse momentum is shown to play the role of an experimentally accessible measure of the (partial) restoration of U_A(1) symmetry in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions.

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