Interpreting BEC in e+e- annihilation
arXiv:1811.10237 · doi:10.1051/epjconf/201920603004
Abstract
The usual interpretation of Bose-Einstein correlations (BEC) of identical boson pairs relates the width of the peak in the correlation function at small relative four-momentum to the spatial extent of the source of the bosons. However, in the tau-model, which successfully describes BEC in hadronic Z decay, the width of the peak is related to the temporal extent of boson emission. Some new checks on the validity of both the tau-model and the usual descriptions are presented.
Talk given at XLVIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Singapore, 3-7 Sep. 2018. To appear in the proceedings