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Particle Correlations with the PHENIX Experiment

Nuclear Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Results of identical pion correlations from the first year of data collection with the PHENIX detector at RHIC (\snn=130GeV) are presented. PHENIX has good particle identification using an electromagnetic calorimeter for timing, leading to identified pions from .2 to 1 GeV/c. This extends the range of previously measured correlation radii at this energy to <kT><k_T >=633MeV/c. The beam energy dependence of the HBT radii are studied in depth and no significant dependence of the transverse radii is present. The longitudinal correlation length has a moderate energy dependence. Furthermore, theoretical predictions of \Ro/\Rs\Ro/\Rs severely underpredict the measured ratio, which is consistent with unity for all kTk_T. The implications of these results are considered.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0205001,
  title  = {Particle Correlations with the PHENIX Experiment},
  author = {Stephen C. Johnson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0205001},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Proceedings of the 18th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics