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TWO-PHOTON PHYSICS IN NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS AT RHIC

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Ultra-relativistic heavy-ions carry strong electromagnetic and nuclear fields. Interactions between these fields in peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions can probe many interesting physics topics. This presentation will focus on coherent two-photon and photonuclear processes at RHIC. The rates for these interactions will be high. The coherent coupling of all the protons in the nucleus enhances the equivalent photon flux by a factor Z2 up to an energy of ∼ 3 GeV. The plans for studying coherent interactions with the STAR experiment will be discussed. Experimental techniques for separating signal from background will be presented

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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00014851; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/14851-m9Itla/webviewable/

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/14851-m9Itla/webviewable/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
15 p.
Report number
BNL--66896

Conference

Title
Workshop on Photon Interactions and the Photon Structure
Dates
10-13 Sep 1998
Place
Lund (Sweden)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
32067979
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BROOKHAVEN RHIC; COLLISIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAVY IONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PHOTONS; PROTONS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BOSONS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; INTERACTIONS; IONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; STORAGE RINGS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-98CH10886
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (United States)