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HBT shape analysis with q-cumulants
Taking up and extending earlier suggestions, we show how two- and
threedimensional shapes of second-order HBT correlations can be described in a
multivariate Edgeworth expansion around gaussian ellipsoids, with expansion
coefficients, identified as the cumulants of pair momentum difference q, acting
as shape parameters. Off-diagonal terms dominate both the character and
magnitude of shapes. Cumulants can be measured directly and so the shape
analysis has no need for fitting.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures for a total of 29 subfigs, revtex4. Typos
corrected, three missing terms added, minor text change
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