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Comparison of the space-time extent of the emission source in $d$$+$Au and Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{NN}}}=200$ GeV
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Adare, A.Afanasiev, S.Aidala, C.Ajitanand, N. N.Akiba, Y.Akimoto, R.Al-Bataineh, H.Alexander, J.Alfred, M.Angerami, A.Aoki, K.Apadula, N.Aramaki, Y.Asano, H.Atomssa, E. T.Averbeck, R.Awes, T. C.Azmoun, B.Babintsev, V.Bai, M.Baksay, G.Baksay, L.Bandara, N. S.Bannier, B.Barish, K. N.Bassalleck, B.Basye, A. T.Bathe, S.Baublis, V.Baumann, C.Bazilevsky, A.Beaumier, M.Beckman, S.Belikov, S.Belmont, R.Bennett, R.Berdnikov, A.Berdnikov, Y.Bhom, J. H.Bickley, A. A.Black, D.Blau, D. S.Bok, J.Bok, J. S.Boyle, K.Brooks, M. L.Bryslawskyj, J.Buesching, H.Bumazhnov, V.Bunce, G.Butsyk, S.Camacho, C. M.Campbell, S.Caringi, A.Chen, C. -H.Chi, C. Y.Chiu, M.Choi, I. J.Choi, J. B.Choudhury, R. K.Christiansen, P.Chujo, T.Chung, P.Chvala, O.Cianciolo, V.Citron, Z.Cole, B. A.del Valle, Z. ConesaConnors, M.Constantin, P.Csanád, M.Csörgő, T.Dahms, T.Dairaku, S.Danchev, I.Das, K.Datta, A.Daugherity, M. S.David, G.Dayananda, M. K.DeBlasio, K.Dehmelt, K.Denisov, A.Deshpande, A.Desmond, E. J.Dharmawardane, K. V.Dietzsch, O.Ding, L.Dion, A.Do, J. H.Donadelli, M.Drapier, O.Drees, A.Drees, K. A.Durham, J. M.Durum, A.Dutta, D.D'Orazio, L.Edwards, S.Efremenko, Y. V.Ellinghaus, F.Engelmore, T.Enokizono, A.En'yo, H.Esumi, S.Fadem, B.Feege, N.Fields, D. E.Finger, M.Finger, Jr., M.Fleuret, F.Fokin, S. L.Fraenkel, Z.Frantz, J. E.Franz, A.Frawley, A. D.Fujiwara, K.Fukao, Y.Fusayasu, T.Gal, C.Gallus, P.Garg, P.Garishvili, I.Ge, H.Giordano, F.Glenn, A.Gong, H.Gonin, M.Goto, Y.de Cassagnac, R. GranierGrau, N.Greene, S. V.Grim, G.Perdekamp, M. GrosseGu, Y.Gunji, T.Guragain, H.Gustafsson, H. -Å.Hachiya, T.Haggerty, J. S.Hahn, K. I.Hamagaki, H.Hamblen, J.Han, R.Han, S. Y.Hanks, J.Hartouni, E. P.Hasegawa, S.Haslum, E.Hayano, R.He, X.Heffner, M.Hemmick, T. K.Hester, T.Hill, J. C.Hohlmann, M.Hollis, R. S.Holzmann, W.Homma, K.Hong, B.Horaguchi, T.Hornback, D.Hoshino, T.Huang, J.Huang, S.Ichihara, T.Ichimiya, R.Ide, J.Ikeda, Y.Imai, K.Imazu, Y.Inaba, M.Iordanova, A.Isenhower, D.Ishihara, M.Isobe, T.Issah, M.Isupov, A.Ivanischev, D.Ivanishchev, D.Iwanaga, Y.Jacak, B. V.Jeon, S. J.Jezghani, M.Jia, J.Jiang, X.Jin, J.Johnson, B. M.Jones, T.Joo, E.Joo, K. S.Jouan, D.Jumper, D. S.Kajihara, F.Kametani, S.Kamihara, N.Kamin, J.Kang, J. H.Kang, J. S.Kapustinsky, J.Karatsu, K.Kasai, M.Kawall, D.Kawashima, M.Kazantsev, A. V.Kempel, T.Key, J. A.Khachatryan, V.Khanzadeev, A.Kihara, K.Kijima, K. M.Kikuchi, J.Kim, A.Kim, B. I.Kim, C.Kim, D. H.Kim, D. J.Kim, E.Kim, E. -J.Kim, H. -J.Kim, M.Kim, S. H.Kim, Y. -J.Kim, Y. K.Kinney, E.Kiriluk, K.Kiss, Á.Kistenev, E.Klatsky, J.Kleinjan, D.Kline, P.Koblesky, T.Kochenda, L.Kofarago, M.Komkov, B.Konno, M.Koster, J.Kotchetkov, D.Kotov, D.Kozlov, A.Král, A.Kravitz, A.Kunde, G. J.Kurita, K.Kurosawa, M.Kwon, Y.Kyle, G. S.Lacey, R.Lai, Y. S.Lajoie, J. G.Lebedev, A.Lee, D. M.Lee, J.Lee, K.Lee, K. B.Lee, K. S.Lee, S. H.Leitch, M. J.Leite, M. A. L.Leitgab, M.Leitner, E.Lenzi, B.Li, X.Lichtenwalner, P.Liebing, P.Lim, S. H.Levy, L. A. LindenLiška, T.Litvinenko, A.Liu, H.Liu, M. X.Love, B.Luechtenborg, R.Lynch, D.Maguire, C. F.Makdisi, Y. I.Makek, M.Malakhov, A.Malik, M. D.Manion, A.Manko, V. I.Mannel, E.Mao, Y.Masui, H.Matathias, F.McCumber, M.McGaughey, P. L.McGlinchey, D.McKinney, C.Means, N.Meles, A.Mendoza, M.Meredith, B.Miake, Y.Mibe, T.Mignerey, A. C.Mikeš, P.Miki, K.Miller, A. J.Milov, A.Mishra, D. K.Mishra, M.Mitchell, J. T.Miyasaka, S.Mizuno, S.Mohanty, A. K.Montuenga, P.Moon, H. J.Moon, T.Morino, Y.Morreale, A.Morrison, D. P.Moukhanova, T. V.Murakami, T.Murata, J.Mwai, A.Nagamiya, S.Nagle, J. L.Naglis, M.Nagy, M. I.Nakagawa, I.Nakagomi, H.Nakamiya, Y.Nakamura, K. R.Nakamura, T.Nakano, K.Nam, S.Nattrass, C.Netrakanti, P. K.Newby, J.Nguyen, M.Nihashi, M.Niida, T.Nouicer, R.Novitzky, N.Nyanin, A. S.Oakley, C.O'Brien, E.Oda, S. X.Ogilvie, C. A.Oka, M.Okada, K.Onuki, Y.Koop, J. D. OrjuelaOskarsson, A.Ouchida, M.Ozaki, H.Ozawa, K.Pak, R.Pantuev, V.Papavassiliou, V.Park, I. H.Park, J.Park, S.Park, S. K.Park, W. J.Pate, S. F.Patel, L.Patel, M.Pei, H.Peng, J. -C.Pereira, H.Perepelitsa, D. V.Perera, G. D. N.Peresedov, V.Peressounko, D. Yu.Perry, J.Petti, R.Pinkenburg, C.Pinson, R.Pisani, R. P.Proissl, M.Purschke, M. L.Purwar, A. K.Qu, H.Rak, J.Rakotozafindrabe, A.Ravinovich, I.Read, K. F.Rembeczki, S.Reygers, K.Reynolds, D.Riabov, V.Riabov, Y.Richardson, E.Riveli, N.Roach, D.Roche, G.Rolnick, S. D.Rosati, M.Rosen, C. A.Rosendahl, S. S. E.Rosnet, P.Rowan, Z.Rubin, J. G.Rukoyatkin, P.Ružička, P.Sahlmueller, B.Saito, N.Sakaguchi, T.Sakashita, K.Sako, H.Samsonov, V.Sano, S.Sarsour, M.Sato, S.Sato, T.Sawada, S.Schaefer, B.Schmoll, B. K.Sedgwick, K.Seele, J.Seidl, R.Semenov, A. Yu.Sen, A.Seto, R.Sett, P.Sexton, A.Sharma, D.Shein, I.Shibata, T. -A.Shigaki, K.Shimomura, M.Shoji, K.Shukla, P.Sickles, A.Silva, C. L.Silvermyr, D.Silvestre, C.Sim, K. S.Singh, B. K.Singh, C. P.Singh, V.Slunečka, M.Soltz, R. A.Sondheim, W. E.Sorensen, S. P.Sourikova, I. V.Sparks, N. A.Stankus, P. W.Stenlund, E.Stepanov, M.Stoll, S. P.Sugitate, T.Sukhanov, A.Sumita, T.Sun, J.Sziklai, J.Takagui, E. M.Takahara, A.Taketani, A.Tanabe, R.Tanaka, Y.Taneja, S.Tanida, K.Tannenbaum, M. J.Tarafdar, S.Taranenko, A.Tarján, P.Themann, H.Thomas, D.Thomas, T. L.Timilsina, A.Todoroki, T.Togawa, M.Toia, A.Tomášek, L.Tomášek, M.Torii, H.Towell, M.Towell, R.Towell, R. S.Tserruya, I.Tsuchimoto, Y.Vale, C.Valle, H.van Hecke, H. W.Vargyas, M.Vazquez-Zambrano, E.Veicht, A.Velkovska, J.Vértesi, R.Vinogradov, A. A.Virius, M.Vrba, V.Vznuzdaev, E.Wang, X. R.Watanabe, D.Watanabe, K.Watanabe, Y.Watanabe, Y. S.Wei, F.Wei, R.Wessels, J.Whitaker, S.White, S. N.Winter, D.Wolin, S.Wood, J. P.Woody, C. L.Wright, R. M.Wysocki, M.Xia, B.Xie, W.Xue, L.Yalcin, S.Yamaguchi, Y. L.Yamaura, K.Yang, R.Yanovich, A.Ying, J.Yokkaichi, S.Yoon, I.You, Z.Young, G. R.Younus, I.Yushmanov, I. E.Zajc, W. A.Zelenski, A.Zhang, C.Zhou, S.Zolin, L.
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Abstract
Two-pion interferometry measurements in $d$$+$Au and Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{NN}}}=200$ GeV are used to extract and compare the Gaussian source radii R$_{{\rm out}}$, R$_{{\rm side}}$, and R$_{{\rm long}}$, which characterize the space-time extent of the emission sources. The comparisons, which are performed as a function of collision centrality and the mean transverse momentum for pion pairs, indicate strikingly similar patterns for the $d$$+$Au and Au$+$Au systems. They also indicate a linear dependence of R$_{{\rm side}}$ on the initial transverse geometric size $\bar{R}$, as well as a smaller freeze-out size for the $d$$+$Au system. These patterns point to the important role of final-state rescattering effects in the reaction dynamics of $d$$+$Au collisions.
Comment: 522 authors, 8 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html