Published April 1996
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Journal article
Decay of a Chern-Simons 'photon' and e+e- MeV peaks
Creators
- 1. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel)
Description
We consider the decay of the neutral particle which could be formed during the heavy-ion collisions in which e+e- MeV peaks by the means of a Chern-Simons mechanism previously discussed by Guendelman and Owen. By this mechanism, the formed particle is a 'four-dimensional' realization of the 2+1 Chern-Simons topological object. It is of interest since it is able to explain the general features of the mass spectrum of the e+e- MeV peaks resulting from heavy ion collisions. In this paper the polarizations of the e+e- decays of this so-called heavy Chern-Simons 'photon' are obtained with a view to a possible future comparison of experimental results with the polarizations predicted here. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 473-481
- ISSN
- 1361-6471
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43114292
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- HEAVY ION REACTIONS; MASS SPECTRA; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHOTONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Notes
- 8 refs; This record replaces 31048970