Size of the freeze-out source in high energy heavy ion collisions
- Received Date: 2008-08-18
- Accepted Date: 2008-11-06
- Available Online: 2009-05-05
Abstract:
Based on a hydro-inspired azimuthally symmetric emission function, we analyze the HBT radius Rs and the single-particle transverse momentum spectra in Au+Au collisions measured by the STAR Collaboration at √sNN=200 GeV. The results show that consistent assumptions about transverse density (and/or flow profile) in the calculation of the HBT radius Rs and single-particle spectral analyses play an important role for understanding the size of the freeze-out source.