1996•arXiv (Cornell University)Open access
HBT from opaque sources
H. Heiselberg, Axel P. Vischer
Open full text 0 citations
Abstract
Bose-Einstein correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions are very different for opaque sources than for transparent ones. The source sizes in all three spatial directions measured in two-particle correlation functions depend sensitively on the mean free path of the particles. In particular we find that the outward radius for an opaque source is {\\it smaller} than the sidewards radius - as also found in several experiments - whereas the opposite is the case for standard transparent sources.