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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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics
Year: 1999, Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 1079-1087 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6471 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311 Verlag, Volltext: http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/25/i=5/a=311 
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| Author Notes: | H Merlitz and D Pelte |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Im Titel ist "pi" als griechischer Buchstabe dargestellt Im Titel ist "+" und "-" hochgestellt Gesehen am 23.02.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1361-6471 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0954-3899/25/5/311 |