Centrality-dependent L\'evy HBT analysis in $\sqrt{s_{_{\text{NN}}}}=5.02$ TeV PbPb collisions at CMS

TL;DR

This paper analyzes two-particle Bose-Einstein correlations in PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV using Lév y stable source models, revealing non-Gaussian source shapes and hydrodynamic scaling behaviors.

Contribution

It introduces a Lév y stable source model to analyze Bose-Einstein correlations, providing new insights into source shape and scaling in heavy-ion collisions.

Findings

Source shape is non-Gaussian and non-Cauchy.

Lév y scale parameter R exhibits hydrodynamic-like scaling.

Correlation strength λ and stability index α vary with collision parameters.

Abstract

The measurement of two-particle Bose-Einstein momentum correlation functions are presented using $\sqrt{s_{_{\text{NN}}}}=5.02$ TeV PbPb collision data, recorded by the CMS experiment in 2018. The measured correlation functions are discussed in terms of L\'evy type source distributions. The L\'evy source parameters are extracted as functions of transverse mass and collision centrality. These source parameters include the correlation strength $\lambda$, the L\'evy stability index $\alpha$, and the L\'evy scale parameter $R$. The source shape, characterized by $\alpha$, is found to be neither Gaussian nor Cauchy. A hydrodynamic-like scaling of $R$ is also observed.