Source breakup dynamics in Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV via three-dimensional two-pion source imaging

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2008-06-01
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Afanasiev, S.
Belikov, Sergey
Constantin, Paul
Grau, Nathan
Hill, John
Lajoie, John
Lebedev, Alexandre
Pei, H.
Rak, Jan
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A three-dimensional correlation function obtained from midrapidity, low p(T), pion pairs in central Au+Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV is studied. The extracted model-independent source function indicates a long range tail in the directions of the pion pair transverse momentum (out) and the beam (long). A proper breakup time tau(0) similar to 9 fm/c and a mean proper emission duration Delta tau similar to 2 fm/c, leading to sizable emission time differences ( approximate to 12 fm/c), are required to allow models to be successfully matched to these tails. The model comparisons also suggest an outside-in "burning" of the emission source reminiscent of many hydrodynamical models.

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This article is published as Afanasiev, S., C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand, Y. Akiba, J. Alexander, A. Al-Jamel, K. Aoki et al. "Source breakup dynamics in Au+ Au collisions at s N N= 200 GeV via three-dimensional two-pion source imaging." Physical review letters 100, no. 23 (2008): 232301. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.232301. Posted with permission.

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