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Two-kaon correlations in central Pb + Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c

Nuclear Experiment 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Two-particle interferometry of positive kaons is studied in Pb + Pb collisions at mean transverse momenta <pT>0.25<p_{T}>\approx 0.25 and 0.91 GeV/c. A three-dimensional analysis was applied to the lower pTp_T data, while a two-dimensional analysis was used for the higher pTp_T data. We find that the source size parameters are consistent with the mTm_T scaling curve observed in pion correlation measurements in the same collisions, and that the duration time of kaon emission is consistent with zero within the experimental sensitivity.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0107005,
  title  = {Two-kaon correlations in central Pb + Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c},
  author = {NA44 Collaboration and I. G. Bearden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0107005},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

4 pages incl. 1 table and 3 fig's; RevTeX; accepted for publication in PRL