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Bremsstrahlung from Electrons and Positrons in Peripheral Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the spectrum of the bremsstrahlung photons coming from the electrons and positrons, which are produced in the strong electromagnetic fields present in peripheral relativistic heavy ion collisions. We compare different approaches, making use of the exact pair production cross section in heavy ion collisions as well as the double equivalent photon approximation.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9903019,
  title  = {Bremsstrahlung from Electrons and Positrons in Peripheral Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions},
  author = {Kai Hencken and Dirk Trautmann and Gerhard Baur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9903019},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

10 pages, to be published in Phys. Rev. C, updated figures