Hanbury–Brown–Twiss measurements at large rapidity separations, or can we measure the proton radius in p-A collisions?

We point out that current calculations of inclusive two-particle correlations in p-A collisions based on the Color Glass Condensate approach exhibit a contribution from Hanbury–Brown–Twiss correlations. These HBT correlations are quite distinct from the standard ones, in that they are apparent for p...

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Main Authors: Tolga Altinoluk, Néstor Armesto, Guillaume Beuf, Alex Kovner, Michael Lublinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315008813