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Journal Articles Physical Review C Year : 2014

Two and Three-Pion Quantum Statistics Correlations in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt(sNN)=2.76 TeV at the LHC

B. Abelev
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Laurent Aphecetche
Guillaume Batigne
B. Cheynis
B. Erazmus
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Magali Estienne
Marie Germain
Maxime Guilbaud
Gines Martinez Garcia
Philippe Pillot
C. Roy
Alexandre Shabetai
Diego Stocco

Abstract

Correlations induced by quantum statistics are sensitive to the spatio-temporal extent as well as dynamics of particle emitting sources in heavy-ion collisions. In addition, such correlations can be used to search for the presence of a coherent component of pion production. Two and three-pion correlations of same and mixed-charge are measured at low relative momentum to estimate the coherent fraction of charged pions in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN)= 2.76 TeV at the LHC with ALICE. The genuine three-pion quantum statistics correlation is found to be suppressed relative to the two-pion correlation based on the assumption of fully chaotic pion emission.The suppression is observed to decrease with triplet momentum. The observed suppression at low triplet momentum may correspond to a coherent fraction in charged pion emission of 22% +- 12%.

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in2p3-00878401 , version 1 (30-10-2013)

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B. Abelev, Laurent Aphecetche, Y.W. Baek, V. Barret, N. Bastid, et al.. Two and Three-Pion Quantum Statistics Correlations in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt(sNN)=2.76 TeV at the LHC. Physical Review C, 2014, 89, pp.024911. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.89.024911⟩. ⟨in2p3-00878401⟩
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