Bound-free pair production cross section in heavy-ion colliders from the equivalent photon approach
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v3
Abstract
Exact calculations of the electron-positron pair production by a single photon in the Coulomb field of a nucleus with simultaneous capture of the electron into the K-shell are discussed for different nuclear charges. Using the equivalent photon method of Weizsaecker and Williams, a simple expression for the bound-free production of electron-positron pairs by colliding very-high-energy fully stripped heavy ions is derived for nuclei of arbitrary charge.
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@article{arxiv.0710.4305,
title = {Bound-free pair production cross section in heavy-ion colliders from the equivalent photon approach},
author = {Andreas Aste},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4305},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures, style file included