Two-Particle Correlations in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
Two-particle momentum correlations between pairs of identical particles produced in relativistic heavy-ion reactions can be analyzed to extract the space-time structure of the collision fireball. We review recent progress in the application of this method, based on newly developed theoretical tools and new high-quality data from heavy-ion collision experiments. Implications for our understanding of the collision dynamics and for the search for the quark-gluon plasma are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9902020,
title = {Two-Particle Correlations in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions},
author = {Ulrich Heinz and Barbara V. Jacak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9902020},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
44 pages, LaTeX, 11 Figures, uses special style files (included), prepared for Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 49 (1999). Error in Chapt. 1 corrected and a few references added