title: Quantum opacity, the RHIC Hanbury Brown-Twiss puzzle, and the chiral phase transition.
abstract: We present a relativistic quantum-mechanical treatment of opacity and refractive effects that allows reproduction of observables measured in two-pion Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) interferometry and pion spectra at RHIC. The inferred emission duration is substantial. The results are consistent with the emission of pions from a system that has a restored chiral symmetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1560, USA.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: Gerald A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Jackson M S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jin-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon