Journal article
Bose-Einstein correlations in e e- → W W- at 172 and 183 GeV
G Abbiendi, K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, KJ Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, SF Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, AH Ball, E Barberio, RJ Barlow, R Bartoldus, JR Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, T Behnke Show all
European Physical Journal C | Published : 1999
Abstract
Bose-Einstein correlations between like-charge pions are studied in hadronic final states produced by e+e- annihilations at center-of-mass energies of 172 and 183 GeV. Three event samples are studied, each dominated by one of the processes W+W- →qq̄ℓν̄e, W+W- qq̄qq̄, or (Z0/γ)* → qq̄. After demonstrating the existence of Bose-Einstein correlations in W decays, an attempt is made to determine Bose-Einstein correlations for pions originating from the same W boson and from different W bosons, as well as for pions from (Z0/γ)* → qq̄ events. The following results are obtained for the individual chaoticity parameters λ, assuming a common source radius R: λsame= 0.63 ± 0.19 ± 0.14 λdiff = 0.22 ± 0...
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