Two-kaon correlations in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 a GeV/c

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Sep 10;87(11):112301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.112301. Epub 2001 Aug 23.

Abstract

Two-particle interferometry of positive kaons is studied in Pb+Pb collisions at mean transverse momenta <p(T)> approximately 0.25 and 0.91 GeV/c. A three-dimensional analysis was applied to the lower p(T) data, while a two-dimensional analysis was used for the higher p(T) data. We find that the source-size parameters are consistent with the m(T) scaling curve observed in pion-correlation measurements in the same collisions, and that the duration time of kaon emission is consistent with zero within the experimental sensitivity.