https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12755-9
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Quasi equilibrium state of expanding quantum fields and two-pion Bose-Einstein correlations in pp collisions at the LHC
Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Metrolohichna 14b, 03143, Kiev, Ukraine
* e-mail: akkelin@bitp.kiev.ua
Received:
12
December
2018
Accepted:
8
April
2019
Published online:
23
May
2019
We argue that the two-particle momentum correlation functions of high-multiplicity 
collisions at the LHC provide a signal for a ground state structure of a quasi equilibrium state of the longitudinally boost-invariant expanding quantum field which lies in the future light cone of a collision. The physical picture is that pions are produced by the expanding quantum emitter with two different scales approximately attributed to the expanding ideal gas in local equilibrium state and ground-state condensate. Specifically, we show that the effect of suppressing the two-particle Bose-Einstein momentum correlation functions increases with increasing transverse momentum of a like-sign pion pair due to different momentum dependence of the corresponding particle emission regions.
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