{
  "id": "hep-ph/9311267",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1993-11-10T19:21:38.000Z",
  "updated": "1993-11-10T19:21:38.000Z",
  "title": "Longevity of the quark-gluon plasma and the mixed phase from intensity interferometry of high energy photons",
  "authors": [
    "Dinesh K. Srivastava",
    "Charles Gale"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages. LaTeX file followed by two (2) uuencoded ps figures. McGill/93-36",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B319 (1993) 407-411",
  "doi": "10.1016/0370-2693(93)91742-6",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Two-photon intensity interferometry is shown to provide an accurate measurement of lifetime of quark-gluon plasma created in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions via the difference of outward and sidewardcorrelation radii. Under the assumption of a longitudinal, boost invariant expansion of the plasma, we obtain analytical expressions for the correlations from the quark-gluon plasma phase. A $3+1$ dimensional expansion of the plasma along with a first order phase transition to hadrons is next considered, and, leads to a source with two characteristic lifetimes, one for the quark-gluon plasma phase, and the other for the longer lived mixed phase. This may even help us to {\\em experimentally} determine the order of the phase transition.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1993-11-10T19:21:38.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "high energy photons",
      "mixed phase",
      "quark-gluon plasma phase",
      "ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions",
      "first order phase transition"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 360258
    }
  }
}