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Multidimensional HBT correlations in proton-antiproton collisions at root(s) = 630 GeV

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We analyse second moments R2R_2 of like-sign pion pairs in the two-dimensional (qL,qT)(q_L,q_T) and three-dimensional (qO,qS,qL)(q_O,q_S,q_L) decompositions of the three-momentum difference. Conventional fit parametrisations such as gaussian, exponential, power-law and Edgeworth fail miserably, while more elaborate ones such as Levy do well but fail to yield a unique best-fit solution. A two-component model using a hard cut to separate small- and large-scale parts appears possible but not compelling. In all cases, the data exhibits a strong and hitherto unexplained peak at small momentum differences which exceeds current fits.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0511050,
  title  = {Multidimensional HBT correlations in proton-antiproton collisions at root(s) = 630 GeV},
  author = {H. C. Eggers and B. Buschbeck and F. J. October},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0511050},
  year   = {2007}
}

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UA1 data, 8 pages, 5 figures