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Dimuonium $(\mu^+\mu^-)$ Production in a Quark-Gluon Plasma

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-04-24 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study dimuonium (μ+μ)(\mu^+\mu^-) production in the quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy ion collisions. The production is controlled by the process qqˉ(μ+μ)gq\bar q\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-)g, and the dimuonium motion in the plasma is described by a transport equation. While the electrodynamics dominated dimuonium yield is not high enough, the transverse energy distribution carries the information of the plasma at RHIC and LHC energies.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4389,
  title  = {Dimuonium $(\mu^+\mu^-)$ Production in a Quark-Gluon Plasma},
  author = {Yibiao Chen and Pengfei Zhuang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4389},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures