Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
1997-10-28
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
Talk given at the 5th Rio de Janeiro International Workshop on Relativistic Aspects of Nuclear Physics, Rio de Janeiro, 27.-29
Scientific paper
By measuring hadronic single-particle spectra and two-particle correlations in heavy-ion collisions, the size and dynamical state of the collision fireball at freeze-out can be reconstructed. I discuss the relevant theoretical methods and their limitations. By applying the formalism to recent pion correlation data from Pb+Pb collisions at CERN we demonstrate that the collision zone has undergone strong transverse growth before freeze-out (by a factor 2-3 in each direction), and that it expands both longitudinally and transversally. From the thermal and flow energy density at freeze-out the energy density at the onset of transverse expansion can be estimated from conservation laws. It comfortably exceeds the critical value for the transition to color deconfined matter.
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