Three-pion interferometry results from central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV/c

M M Aggarwal; A Agnihotri; Z Ahammed; A L Angelis; V Antonenko; V Arefiev; V Astakhov; V Avdeitchikov; T C Awes; P V Baba; S K Badyal; C Barlag; S Bathe; B Batiounia; T Bernier; K B Bhalla; V S Bhatia; C Blume; R Bock; E M Bohne; Z Böröcz; D Bucher; A Buijs; H Büsching; L Carlen; V Chalyshev; S Chattopadhyay; R Cherbatchev; T Chujo; A Claussen; A C Das; M P Decowski; H Delagrange; V Djordjadze; P Donni; I Doubovik; S Dutt; M R Dutta Majumdar; K El Chenawi; S Eliseev; K Enosawa; P Foka; S Fokin; M S Ganti; S Garpman; O Gavrishchuk; F J Geurts; T K Ghosh; R Glasow; S K Gupta; B Guskov; H A Gustafsson; H H Gutbrod; R Higuchi; I Hrivnacova; M Ippolitov; H Kalechofsky; R Kamermans; K H Kampert; K Karadjev; K Karpio; S Kato; S Kees; C Klein-Bösing; S Knoche; B W Kolb; I Kosarev; I Koutcheryaev; T Krümpel; A Kugler; P Kulinich; M Kurata; K Kurita; N Kuzmin; I Langbein; A Lebedev; Y Y Lee; H Löhner; L Luquin; D P Mahapatra; V Manko; M Martin; G Martínez; A Maximov; G Mgebrichvili; Y Miake; M F Mir; G C Mishra; Y Miyamoto; B Mohanty; M J Mora; D Morrison; D S Mukhopadhyay; H Naef; B K Nandi; S K Nayak; T K Nayak; S Neumaier; A Nianine; V Nikitine; S Nikolaev; P Nilsson; S Nishimura; P Nomokonov; J Nystrand; F E Obenshain; A Oskarsson; I Otterlund; M Pachr; S Pavliouk; T Peitzmann; V Petracek; W Pinganaud; F Plasil; U von Poblotzki; M L Purschke; J Rak; R Raniwala; S Raniwala; V S Ramamurthy; N K Rao; F Retiere; K Reygers; G Roland; L Rosselet; I Roufanov; C Roy; J M Rubio; H Sako; S S Sambyal; R Santo; S Sato; H Schlagheck; H R Schmidt; Y Schutz; G Shabratova; T H Shah; I Sibiriak; T Siemiarczuk; D Silvermyr; B C Sinha; N Slavine; K Söderström; N Solomey; S P Sørensen; P Stankus; G Stefanek; P Steinberg; E Stenlund; D Stüken; M Sumbera; T Svensson; M D Trivedi; A Tsvetkov; L Tykarski; J Urbahn; E C Pijll; N Eijndhoven; G J Nieuwenhuizen; A Vinogradov; Y P Viyogi; A Vodopianov; S Vörös; B Wysłouch; K Yagi; Y Yokota; G R Young; WA98 Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2895

Three-pion interferometry results from central Pb+Pb collisions at 158A GeV/c

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Oct 2;85(14):2895-9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2895.

Authors

M M Aggarwal¹, A Agnihotri, Z Ahammed, A L Angelis, V Antonenko, V Arefiev, V Astakhov, V Avdeitchikov, T C Awes, P V Baba, S K Badyal, C Barlag, S Bathe, B Batiounia, T Bernier, K B Bhalla, V S Bhatia, C Blume, R Bock, E M Bohne, Z Böröcz, D Bucher, A Buijs, H Büsching, L Carlen, V Chalyshev, S Chattopadhyay, R Cherbatchev, T Chujo, A Claussen, A C Das, M P Decowski, H Delagrange, V Djordjadze, P Donni, I Doubovik, S Dutt, M R Dutta Majumdar, K El Chenawi, S Eliseev, K Enosawa, P Foka, S Fokin, M S Ganti, S Garpman, O Gavrishchuk, F J Geurts, T K Ghosh, R Glasow, S K Gupta, B Guskov, H A Gustafsson, H H Gutbrod, R Higuchi, I Hrivnacova, M Ippolitov, H Kalechofsky, R Kamermans, K H Kampert, K Karadjev, K Karpio, S Kato, S Kees, C Klein-Bösing, S Knoche, B W Kolb, I Kosarev, I Koutcheryaev, T Krümpel, A Kugler, P Kulinich, M Kurata, K Kurita, N Kuzmin, I Langbein, A Lebedev, Y Y Lee, H Löhner, L Luquin, D P Mahapatra, V Manko, M Martin, G Martínez, A Maximov, G Mgebrichvili, Y Miake, M F Mir, G C Mishra, Y Miyamoto, B Mohanty, M J Mora, D Morrison, D S Mukhopadhyay, H Naef, B K Nandi, S K Nayak, T K Nayak, S Neumaier, A Nianine, V Nikitine, S Nikolaev, P Nilsson, S Nishimura, P Nomokonov, J Nystrand, F E Obenshain, A Oskarsson, I Otterlund, M Pachr, S Pavliouk, T Peitzmann, V Petracek, W Pinganaud, F Plasil, U von Poblotzki, M L Purschke, J Rak, R Raniwala, S Raniwala, V S Ramamurthy, N K Rao, F Retiere, K Reygers, G Roland, L Rosselet, I Roufanov, C Roy, J M Rubio, H Sako, S S Sambyal, R Santo, S Sato, H Schlagheck, H R Schmidt, Y Schutz, G Shabratova, T H Shah, I Sibiriak, T Siemiarczuk, D Silvermyr, B C Sinha, N Slavine, K Söderström, N Solomey, S P Sørensen, P Stankus, G Stefanek, P Steinberg, E Stenlund, D Stüken, M Sumbera, T Svensson, M D Trivedi, A Tsvetkov, L Tykarski, J Urbahn, E C Pijll, N Eijndhoven, G J Nieuwenhuizen, A Vinogradov, Y P Viyogi, A Vodopianov, S Vörös, B Wysłouch, K Yagi, Y Yokota, G R Young; WA98 Collaboration

Affiliation

¹ University of Panjab, Chandigarh 160014, India.

PMID: 11005962
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2895

Abstract

Three-particle correlations have been measured for identified pi(-) from central 158A GeV Pb+Pb collisions by the WA98 experiment at CERN. A substantial contribution of the genuine three-body correlation has been found as expected for a mainly chaotic and symmetric source.