Effect of the source charge on charged-beam interferometry
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We investigate quantal perturbations of the interferometric correlations of charged bosons by the Coulomb field of an instantaneous, charged source. The source charge increases the apparent source size by weakening the correlation at non-zero relative momenta. The effect is strongest for pairs with a small total momentum and is stronger for kaons than for pions of the same momenta. The experimental data currently available are well described by this effect without invoking Pratt's exploding source model. A simple expression is proposed to account for the effect.
9 pages TEX, 3 Postscript figures available at http://www.krl.caltech.edu/preprints/MAP.html
9 pages TEX, 3 Postscript figures available at http://www.krl.caltech.edu/preprints/MAP.html