Partial coherence in the core / halo picture of Bose-Einstein n particle correlations

Dec, 1998
15 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 9 (1999) 275-281
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Report number:
  • RMKI-98-12

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Abstract:
We study the influence of a possible coherent component in the boson source on the two-, three- and nn-particle correlation functions in a generalized core/halo type of boson-emitting source. In particular, a simple formula is presented for the strengh of the nn-particle correlation functions for such systems. Graph rules are obtained to evaluate the correlation functions of arbitrary high order. The importance of experimental determination of the 4-th and 5-th order Bose-Einstein correlation function is emphasized.
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • sulfur
  • lead
  • multiple production
  • correlation function: ((n)particle)
  • boson: statistics
  • numerical calculations
  • interpretation of experiments: CERN SPS