Published September 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Toponium creation in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions

  • 1. Frankfurt Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany)

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The formation of top quark bound states in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions is investigated. We considered U-U and Pb-Pb collisions at energies of 3.5 TeV u-1 and 8 TeV u-1. Relevant quantities of the toponium are calculated within a non-relativistic potential model. The nuclei are treated as clusters of non-interacting nucleons. For the production cross section of the 110 toponium state we obtained σ ''approx='' 150 nb (σ ''approx='' 700nb) at possible LCH (SSC) energies. Additionally we evaluated the formation cross section for free tt-bar pairs. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
9
Series
J. Phys., G Nucl. Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
L149-L155
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPE

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