Intensity-interferometric test of nuclear collision geometries obtained from the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation

W. G. Gong; W. Bauer; C. K. Gelbke; N. Carlin; R. T. de Souza; Y. D. Kim; W. G. Lynch; T. Murakami; G. Poggi; D. P. Sanderson; M. B. Tsang; H. M. Xu; S. Pratt; D. E. Fields; K. Kwiatkowski; R. Płaneta; V. E. Viola, Jr; S. J. Yennello

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2114

Intensity-interferometric test of nuclear collision geometries obtained from the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation

W. G. Gong, W. Bauer, C. K. Gelbke, N. Carlin, R. T. de Souza, Y. D. Kim, W. G. Lynch, T. Murakami, G. Poggi, D. P. Sanderson, M. B. Tsang, H. M. Xu, S. Pratt, D. E. Fields, K. Kwiatkowski, R. Płaneta, V. E. Viola, Jr., and S. J. Yennello

Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2114 – Published 22 October 1990

Abstract

Two-proton correlation functions measured for the ${}^{14}N$ $+^{27}$ Al reaction at E/A=75 MeV are compared to correlation functions predicted for collision geometries obtained from numerical solutions of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (BUU) equation. The calculations are in rather good agreement with the experimental correlation function, indicating that the BUU equation gives a reasonable description of the space-time evolution of the reaction.