Published April 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Decay of a Chern-Simons 'photon' and e+e- MeV peaks

  • 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)

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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

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8 refs; This record replaces 31048970