Published January 28, 2002 | Version v1
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Electromagnetically induced nuclear-charge pickup observed in ultrarelativistic Pb collisions

Creators

  • 1. GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 2. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Science, 117312 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 38731 (United States)
  • 4. Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • 5. II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 14-16, D-35392 Giessen (Germany)
  • 6. CERN, CH-1211 Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 7. Institute for Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)
  • 8. Atomic Physics Department, Stockholm University, Frescativaegen 24, S-10405 Stockholm 50 (Sweden)
  • 9. Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and the Environment, I-40129 Bologna (Italy)

Description

A strong increase of inclusive nuclear-charge pickup cross sections, forming 83Bi from 158A GeV 82Pb ions, is observed in comparison to similar measurements at 10.6A GeV . From the dependence of these cross sections on target atomic number, this increase is attributed to the electromagnetic process of pion production by equivalent photons. The observed cross sections can be reproduced quantitatively using the recently developed RELDIS code

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.042301;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
88
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 042301-042301.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35019358
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC NUMBER; BISMUTH 209; CHARGE EXCHANGE; CROSS SECTIONS; GEV RANGE 100-1000; LEAD 208 BEAMS; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PICKUP REACTIONS; PIONS; R CODES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; BISMUTH ISOTOPES; BOSONS; COMPUTER CODES; DIRECT REACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ION BEAMS; ISOTOPES; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSFER REACTIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC05-00OR2275
Notes
(c) 2002 The American Physical Society