System, centrality, and transverse mass dependence of two-pion correlation radii in heavy ion collisions at [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented]

L. Ahle, Y. Akiba, K. Ashktorab, M. D. Baker, D. Beavis, P. Beery, H. C. Britt, B. Budick, J. Chang, C. Chasman, Z. Chen, C. Y. Chi, Y. Y. Chu, V. Cianciolo, B. A. Cole, J. B. Costales, H. J. Crawford, J. B. Cumming, R. Debbe, J. C. DunlopW. Eldredge, J. Engelage, S. Y. Fung, E. Garcia, M. Gonin, S. Gushue, H. Hamagaki, L. F. Hansen, R. S. Hayano, S. Hayashi, G. Heintzelman, S. Homma, E. Judd, H. Kaneko, J. Kang, S. Kaufman, W. L. Kehoe, E. J. Kim, A. Kumagai, K. Kurita, R. J. Ledoux, J. H. Lee, M. J. LeVine, J. Luke, Y. Miake, A. Mignerey, D. P. Morrison, R. J. Morse, B. Moskowitz, M. Moulson, C. Müntz, S. Nagamiya, M. N. Namboodiri, T. K. Nayak, C. A. Ogilvie, J. Olness, C. G. Parsons, L. P. Remsberg, D. Roehrich, P. Rothschild, H. Sako, H. Sakurai, T. C. Sangster, R. Seto, J. Shea, K. Shigaki, R. A. Soltz, P. Stankus, S. G. Steadman, G. S.F. Stephans, T. W. Sung, Y. Tanaka, M. J. Tannenbaum, J. H. Thomas, S. R. Tonse, S. Ueno-Hayashi, J. H. van Dijk, F. Videbæk, O. Vossnack, V. Vutsadakis, F. Wang, Y. Wang, H. E. Wegner, D. Woodruff, Y. Wu, H. Xiang, G. H. Xu, K. Yagi, X. Yang, H. Yao, D. Zachary, W. A. Zajc, F. Zhu

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Abstract

Two-pion correlation functions are analyzed at midrapidity for three systems [Formula Presented] Si+Al, Si+Au, and [Formula Presented] Au+Au), seven distinct centrality conditions, and different [Formula Presented] bins in the range 0.1–0.5 GeV/c. Source reference frames are determined from fits to the Yano-Koonin source parametrization. Bertsch-Pratt radius parameters are shown to scale linearly with both number of projectile and total participants as obtained from a Glauber model calculation. A finite lifetime parameter that increases linearly with system/centrality is also reported. The [Formula Presented] dependences of the Bertsch-Pratt radii for the central Si+Au and central Au+Au systems differ only by an overall normalization factor given by the measured system/centrality dependence.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume66
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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