HBT interferometry and the parton-hadron phase transition
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v2 Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We discuss predictions for the pion and kaon interferometry measurements in relativistic heavy ion collisions at SPS and RHIC energies. In particular, we confront relativistic transport model calculations that include explicitly a first-order phase transition from a thermalized quark-gluon plasma to a hadron gas with recent data from the RHIC experiments. We critically examine the "HBT-puzzle" both from the theoretical as well as from the experimental point of view. Alternative scenarios are briefly explained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0202240,
title = {HBT interferometry and the parton-hadron phase transition},
author = {Sven Soff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0202240},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited talk at the International Workshop XXX on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations - Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Jan. 13-19, 2002, Hirschegg, Austria. 10 pages, 7 figures