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Coulomb corrections to the three-body correlation function in high-energy heavy ion reactions

E. O. AltSchmidt-sørensenB. LörstadTamas Ferenc Csorgo

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsHigh energyRange (particle radiation)Particle physicsFOS: Physical sciencesState (functional analysis)RadiusCharged particleHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)Correlation functionQuantum electrodynamicsCoulombHeavy ion

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Starting from an asymptotically correct three-body Coulomb wave-function, we determine the effect of Coulomb final state interaction on the three-particle Bose-Einstein correlation function of similarly charged particles. We numerically estimate that the Riverside approximation is not precise enough to determine the three-body Coulomb correction factor in the correlation function, if the characteristic HBT radius parameter is 5 - 10 fm, which is the range of interest in high-energy heavy ion physics.

https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9812474