REACTION SIMULATIONS AS A GUIDE TO LIFETIME INFORMATION FROM PARTICLE-PARTICLE CORRELATIONS

The strength of the final-state interactions between emitted particles depends on the spectrum of time delays between their emissions. Measured correlation functions reflect these interactions, and therefore time-scale information can be obtained by comparisons to associated reaction simulation calculations. We illustrate the sensitivity of the method to the emitter lifetime as well as the attention to several of the details needed for its effective use. Application to one set of data is shown.