The Coulomb interaction between pion wavepackets: the π+ - π- puzzle

The time-dependent Schrödinger equation for ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/icons/common/pippim.gif] pi+-pi- pairs, which are emitted from the interaction zone in relativistic nuclear collisions, is solved using wavepacket states. It is shown that the Coulomb enhancement in the momentum correlation func...

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Hauptverfasser: Merlitz, Holger (VerfasserIn) , Pelte, Dietrich (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1999
In: Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics
Year: 1999, Jahrgang: 25, Heft: 5, Pages: 1079-1087
ISSN:1361-6471
DOI:10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311
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Verfasserangaben:H Merlitz and D Pelte
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Zusammenfassung:The time-dependent Schrödinger equation for ##IMG## [http://ej.iop.org/icons/common/pippim.gif] pi+-pi- pairs, which are emitted from the interaction zone in relativistic nuclear collisions, is solved using wavepacket states. It is shown that the Coulomb enhancement in the momentum correlation function of such pairs is smaller than obtained in earlier calculations based on Coulomb distorted plane waves. These results suggest that the experimentally observed positive correlation signal cannot be caused by the Coulomb interaction between pions emitted from the interaction zone. But other processes which involve long-living resonances and pions emitted with a large coherence length could provide a possible explanation for the observed signal.
Beschreibung:Im Titel ist "pi" als griechischer Buchstabe dargestellt
Im Titel ist "+" und "-" hochgestellt
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ISSN:1361-6471
DOI:10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311