Comparison of Source Images for protons, $π^-$'s and $Λ$'s in 6 AGeV Au+Au collisions

Chung, P.; Ajitanand, N. N.; Alexander, J. M.; Anderson, M.; Best, D.; Brady, F. P.; Case, T.; Caskey, W.; Cebra, D.; Chance, J. L.; Cole, B.; Crowe, K.; Das, A. C.; Draper, J. E.; Gilkes, M. L.; Gushue, S.; Heffner, M.; Hirsch, A. S.; Hjort, E. L.; Huo, L.; Justice, M.; Kaplan, M.; Keane, D.; Kintner, J. C.; Klay, J.; Krofcheck, D.; Lacey, R. A.; Lauret, J.; Lisa, M. A.; Liu, H.; Liu, Y. M.; McGrath, R.; Milosevich, Z.; Odyniec, G.; Olson, D. L.; Panitkin, S.; Porile, N. T.; Rai, G.; Ritter, H. G.; Romero, J. L.; Scharenberg, R.; Srivastava, B.; Stone, N. T. B; Symons, T. J. M.; Whitfield, J.; Witt, R.; Wood, L.; Zhang, W. N.; Brown, D.; Pratt, S.; Wang, F.; Danielewicz, P.

Comparison of Source Images for protons, $π^-$'s and $Λ$'s in 6 AGeV Au+Au collisions

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Source images are extracted from two-particle correlations constructed from strange and non-strange hadrons produced in 6 AGeV Au + Au collisions. Very different source images result from pp vs p$Λ$ vs $π^-π^-$ correlations. These observations suggest important differences in the space-time emission histories for protons, pions and neutral strange baryons produced in the same events.