Mechanism for Charge Bunching of Bosons in High-Energy Collisions
Abstract
Induced transitions give rise to enhanced probabilities of finding a large number of pions of the same charge. The exact charge distribution with induced emission fully taken into account is solved in a simple model. The enhancements are found to be large. These effects are observable in high-energy heavy-ion collisions, and possibly are responsible for the cosmic-ray Centauro-like events.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1184
- Bibcode:
- 1984PhRvL..52.1184L
- Keywords:
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- Bosons;
- Bunching;
- Charge Distribution;
- Cosmic Ray Showers;
- High Energy Interactions;
- Particle Collisions;
- Heavy Ions;
- Pions;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics;
- 13.85.Hd;
- 13.85.Tp;
- 94.40.Rc;
- Inelastic scattering: many-particle final states;
- Cosmic-ray interactions