Angular Correlations in Internal Pair Conversion of Aligned Heavy Nuclei
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We calculate the spatial correlation of electrons and positrons emitted by internal pair conversion of Coulomb excited nuclei in heavy ion collisions. The alignment or polarization of the nucleus results in an anisotropic emission of the electron-positron pairs which is closely related to the anisotropic emission of -rays. However, the angular correlation in the case of internal pair conversion exhibits diverse patterns. This might be relevant when investigating atomic processes in heavy-ion collisions performed at the Coulomb barrier.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9508047,
title = {Angular Correlations in Internal Pair Conversion of Aligned Heavy Nuclei},
author = {C. R. Hofmann and G. Soff and J. Reinhardt and W. Greiner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9508047},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
27 pages + 6 eps figures, uses revtex.sty and epsf.sty, tar-compressed and uuencoded with uufiles