Femtoscopy in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Analyses of two-particle correlations have provided the chief means for determining spatio-temporal characteristics of relativistic heavy ion collisions. We discuss the theoretical formalism behind these studies and the experimental methods used in carrying them out. Recent results from RHIC are put into context in a systematic review of correlation measurements performed over the past two decades. The current understanding of these results is discussed in terms of model comparisons and overall trends.

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49 pages, 16 figures/ to appear in Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science/ final version includes minor updates in text, a few references added, and two figures updated/ Figures and numerical data tables available at http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~lisa/FemtoscopyReview2005/

HBT
intensity interferometry
heavy ion collisions
femtoscopy
scattering: heavy ion
multiple production
correlation: two-particle
correlation function
nuclear reaction: space-time
Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

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