Femtoscopy in heavy ion collisions: Wherefore, whence, and whither?
Nuclear Experiment
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
I present a brief overview of the wealth of femtoscopic measurements from the past two decades of heavy ion experiments. Essentially every conceivable knob at our disposal has been turned; the response of two-particle correlations to these variations has revealed much about he space-momentum substructure of the hot source created in the collisions. I discuss the present status of the femtoscopic program and questions which remain, and point to new efforts which aim to resolve them.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0512008,
title = {Femtoscopy in heavy ion collisions: Wherefore, whence, and whither?},
author = {Mike Lisa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0512008},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 11 figures; Combined write-up of presentations at XXXV International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, and at the Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy, Kromeriz, Czech Republic, August 2005