NUKLEONIKA 2004, 49(Supplement 2):s61-s65

ALTERNATIVE SIZE AND LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS FOR RHIC

Scott Pratt

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing Michigan, 48824, USA

Two-particle correlations based on the interference of identical particles have provided the chief means for determining the shape and lifetime of sources in relativistic heavy ion collisions (RHIC). Here, strong and Coulomb induced correlations are shown to provide similar information.