Bose-Einstein correlations of Pizero pairs from hadronic Z⁰ decays

G Abbiendi; Georgios Anagnostou; Paul Bell; Ian Bloodworth; David Charlton; Christopher Hawkes; Roger Homer; Predrag Jovanovic; Thomas McMahon; Stephen O'Neale; Miriam Watson; Peter Watkins; Alan Watson; Nigel Watson; John Wilson

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Bose-Einstein correlations of Pizero pairs from hadronic Z⁰ decays

G Abbiendi, Georgios Anagnostou, Paul Bell, Ian Bloodworth, David Charlton, Christopher Hawkes, Roger Homer, Predrag Jovanovic, Thomas McMahon, Stephen O'Neale, Miriam Watson, Peter Watkins, Alan Watson, Nigel Watson, John Wilson

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We observe Bose-Einstein correlations in pi(0) pairs using back-to-back two jet hadronic events from Z(0) decays in the data sample collected by the OPAL detector at LEP I from 101 to 1995. Using a static Gaussian picture for the pion emitter source, we obtain the chaoticity parameter lambda = 0.55 +/- 0.10 +/- 0.10 and the source radius R = (0.59 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.05) fm. According to the JETSET and HERWIG Monte Carlo models, the Bose-Einstein correlations in our data sample largely connect pi(0)s originating from the decays of different hadrons. Prompt pions formed at string break-ups or cluster decays only form a small fraction of the sample. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-143
Number of pages	13
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	559
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(03)00337-X
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2003

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Bose-Einstein correlations of Pizero pairs from hadronic Z⁰ decays

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