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(Strange) Meson Interferometry at RHIC

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We make predictions for the kaon interferometry measurements in Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). A first order phase transition from a thermalized Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP) to a gas of hadrons is assumed for the transport calculations. The fraction of kaons that are directly emitted from the phase boundary is considerably enhanced at large transverse momenta K_T ~ 1 GeV/c. In this kinematic region, the sensitivity of the R_out/R_side ratio to the QGP-properties is enlarged. Here, the results of the 1-dimensional correlation analysis are presented. The extracted interferometry radii, depending on KTK_T, are not unusually large and are strongly affected by momentum resolution effects.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0202019,
  title  = {(Strange) Meson Interferometry at RHIC},
  author = {Sven Soff and Steffen A. Bass and David H. Hardtke and Sergey Y. Panitkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0202019},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures