Abstract
Large back-to-back correlations of observable fermion-anti-fermion pairs are predicted to appear, if the mass of the fermions is modified in a thermalized medium. The back-to-back correlations of protons and anti-protons are experimentally observable in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions, similarly to the Andreev reflection of elections off the boundary of a superconductor. While quantum statistics suppresses the probability of observing pairs of fermions with nearby momenta, the fermionic back-to-back correlations are positive and of similar strength to bosonic back-to-back correlations. (C) 2001 Elsevier B.V. B,V, All rights reserved.
How to cite this document
Panda, P. K. et al. Squeezed fermions at relativistic heavy ion colliders. Physics Letters B. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 512, n. 1-2, p. 49-56, 2001. Available at: <
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/23105>.