Published August 1993 | Version v1
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Production of free electron-positron pairs in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Creators

  • 1. Bereich Physik, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienickerstra 27e 100, 14109 Berlin (Germany)

Description

The production of free electron-positron pairs in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is investigated within first-order time-dependent perturbation theory. An analytic expression for the differential pair-production cross section is obtained by employing Furry-Sommerfeld-Maue wave functions for the description of continuum states in the external field of the target nucleus. The angular distributions of electrons and positrons and cross sections are calculated and compared with previous results

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 1176-1184.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25013005
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS; HEAVY IONS; ION-ATOM COLLISIONS; NUCLEI; PAIR PRODUCTION; PERTURBATION THEORY; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; TARGETS; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
ATOM COLLISIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLISIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY RANGE; INTERACTIONS; ION COLLISIONS; IONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION