Title :
Particle interferometry in heavy ion collisions
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this tutorial paper the method of Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) (1956) used in optical and radiofrequency interferometry and its generalization to particle interferometry are reviewed. We give also an outline of how the HBT effect has been applied in the very active area of current research in heavy ion physics. The space time parameters of the collision region are determined from measurements of particle correlations to give important information about nuclear matter at high energy densities
Keywords :
heavy ion-nucleus reactions; interferometry; nuclear matter; particle interferometry; collision region; heavy ion collisions; high energy densities; nuclear matter; particle correlations; particle interferometry; space time parameters; Density measurement; Energy measurement; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Nuclear measurements; Optical interferometry; Particle beam optics; Particle measurements; Physics; Radio frequency; Radio interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Applications Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vail, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1831-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1994.291191
