Pion-kaon femtoscopy in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV measured with ALICE


Pandey A. K., Acharya S., Acosta F. T., Adamova D., Adolfsson J., Aggarwal M. M., ...More

NUCLEAR PHYSICS A, vol.982, pp.351-354, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 982
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.10.048
  • Journal Name: NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.351-354
  • Keywords: heavy-ion collisions, femtoscopy, emission asymmetry
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Femtoscopic correlations between charged pions and kaons for different charge combinations are measured in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76 TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The three-dimensional pion-kaon (pi - K) correlation functions and double ratios in the out-side-long pair rest frame are studied in different centrality bins. The pi - K femtoscopic source size parameter (R-out) and emission asymmetry (mu(out)) are extracted. It is observed that the average source size of the system and the emission asymmetry between pions and kaons increase from peripheral to central events.