Title: Bose-Einstein correlations: a means to probe stellar and femto scales

Speaker: Sandra Padula (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Paolo, Brazil)

Abstract:

Bose-Einstein correlations were behind the phenomenon that allowed to estimate star dimensions in the mid-fifties. At the turn of that decade, on a strike of serendipity, a similar phenomenon was discovered in antiproton-proton collisions at the highest available energies at that time.  Ever since, this technique has been applied to very different systems and energies, allowing to study their dimensions. In this talk, an overview of the phenomenon and some examples of the results achieved along decades will be discussed, finalizing with recent results obtained at the LHC.