The shape of Bose-Einstein (or HBT) correlation functions is determined for
the case when particles are emitted from a stable source, obtained after
convolutions of large number of elementary random processes. The two-particle
correlation function is shown to have a {\it stretched exponential} shape,
characterized by the L\'evy index of stability 0<α≤2 and the
scale parameter R. The normal, Gaussian shape corresponds to a particular
case, when α=2 is selected. The asymmetry parameter of the stable
source, β is shown to be proportional to the angle, measured by the
normalized three-particle cumulant correlations.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, invited talk of T. Csorgo at the 2nd Warsaw
Meeting on Particle Correlations and Resonances in HIC, see
http://hirg.if.pw.edu.pl/en/meeting/oct2003/talks/csorgo/Csorgo.pp