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The Shape of the Correlation Function

Nuclear Theory 2020-12-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The two-particle correlation function employed in Hanbury-Brown Twiss interferometry and femtoscopy is traditionally parameterized by a Gaussian form. Other forms, however, have also been used, including the somewhat more general L\'evy form. Here we consider a variety of effects present in realistic femtoscopic studies which may modify the shape of the correlation function and thereby influence the physical interpretation of a given parameterization.

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@article{arxiv.1909.07998,
  title  = {The Shape of the Correlation Function},
  author = {Jakub Cimerman and Christopher Plumberg and Boris Tomášik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07998},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages, 6 figures

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