Three-Pion Interferometry Results from Central <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>P</mi><mi>b</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>P</mi><mi>b</mi></math></span> Collisions at <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn>158</mn><mi mathvariant="italic">A</mi><mi></mi><mi>GeV</mi><mi>/</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">c</mi></math></span>

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2895

Three-Pion Interferometry Results from Central $P b + P b$ Collisions at $158 A GeV / c$

M. M. Aggarwal et al. (WA98 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2895 – Published 2 October 2000

Abstract

Three-particle correlations have been measured for identified $π^{-}$ from central $158 A GeV$ $Pb + Pb$ collisions by the WA98 experiment at CERN. A substantial contribution of the genuine three-body correlation has been found as expected for a mainly chaotic and symmetric source.