Observation of Pion Interferometry in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
- 4 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (23), 1592-1594
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1592
Abstract
We present evidence of an intensity interferometric effect of identical pions in relativistic nuclear collisions. From the observed correlation, we determine the space-time structure of the pion-emitting source.Keywords
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