HBT Interferometry: Historical Perspective

Abstract

I review the history of HBT interferometry, since its discovery in the mid 1950's, up to the recent developments and results from BNL/RHIC experiments. I focus the discussion on the contributions to the subject given by members of our Brazilian group.

32 pages, 42 figures; corrected typos, replaced corrupted figures

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