Measurement and analysis of two- and three-particle correlations

Abstract

Allowed regions of core fraction versus partial coherence are obtained from analysis of both two- and three-pion Bose-Einstein correlations measured at PHENIX in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Au+Au collisions. Two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions for different average transverse momenta are used to analyze chiral symmetry restoration.

4 pages, 4 figures, talk given at the 18th International Conference on Ultra Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2005), Budapest, Hungary, 4-9 Aug. 2005