Effects of Classical Fields in Meson Correlations

Fowler, G.N.; Weiner, R.M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.17.3118

Effects of Classical Fields in Meson Correlations

G.N. Fowler
(
- Philipps U. Marburg
)
,
R.M. Weiner
(
- Los Alamos
)

Dec, 1977

25 pages

Part of Bose-Einstein correlations in particle and nuclear physics: A collection of reprints, 78-85

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Phys.Rev.D 17 (1978) 3118-3123,
Phys.Rev.D 18 (1978) 4358 (erratum)

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LA-UR-77-2567

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Abstract: (APS)

The existence of a classical (coherent) component in the mesonic field as suggested by recent developments in particle physics generates under certain conditions a statistical distribution corresponding to a mixture of chaotic and coherent fields. The methods of quantum optics are used to investigate the effects of this mixture in the correlations. The relevance of this to the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect in particle physics is discussed. Preliminary comparison with the data suggests that an appreciable coherent component might be present.

FIELD THEORY: MESON
FIELD THEORY: COHERENT STATE
FIELD THEORY: CLASSICAL
MESON: CORRELATION
QUANTUM MECHANICS: OPTICS
EFFECT: HANBURY-BROWN-TWISS
SPECTRUM: RAPIDITY

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