Non Identical strange particle correlations in Au-Au collisions at sNN=\sqrt{s_{NN}}= 200 GeV from the STAR experiment

Information about the space-time evolution of colliding nuclei can be extracted correlating particles emitted from nuclear collisions. The high density of particles produced in the STAR experiment allows the measurement of non-identical strange particle correlations. Due to the absence of Coulomb interaction, $p-\Lambda$ and $\bar{p}-\Lambda$ systems are more sensitive to the source size than $p-p$ pairs. Strong interaction potential has been studied using $p-\Lambda$, and for the first time, $\bar{p}-\Lambda$ pairs. The experimental correlation functions have been described in the frame of a model based on the $p-n$ interaction. The first preliminary measurement of $\pi$ - $\Xi$ correlations has been performed, allowing to extract information about the freeze-out time and the space-time asymmetries in particle emission closely related to the transverse radial expansion and decay of resonances.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, contribution to proceedings of the Second Warsaw Meeting on Particle Correlations and Resonances in Heavy Ion Collisions, Warsaw 15-18 Oct 2003, to be published in Nucleonic

RooStatsCms: a tool for analyses modelling, combination and statistical studies

The RooStatsCms (RSC) software framework allows analysis modelling and combination, statistical studies together with the access to sophisticated graphics routines for results visualisation. The goal of the project is to complement the existing analyses by means of their combination and accurate statistical studies.Comment: Proceedings of the 11th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors. 4 pages and 5 figure