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Two-particle Bose-Einstein correlations and their Lévy parameters in PbPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV

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Abstract

Two-particle Bose–Einstein momentum correlation functions are studied for charged-hadron pairs in lead-lead collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of . The data sample, containing minimum bias events corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.607 , was collected by the CMS experiment in 2018. The experimental results are discussed in terms of a Lévy-type source distribution. The parameters of this distribution are extracted as functions of particle pair average transverse mass and collision centrality. These parameters include the Lévy index or shape parameter , the Lévy scale parameter , and the correlation strength parameter . The source shape, characterized by , is found to be neither Cauchy nor Gaussian, implying the need for a full Lévy analysis. Similarly to what was previously found for systems characterized by Gaussian source radii, a hydrodynamical scaling is observed for the Lévy parameter. The parameter is studied in terms of the core-halo model. ©2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration 2024 CERN

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