Magnetic contribution to dilepton production in heavy-ion collisions
Nuclear Theory
2013-09-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We calculate a novel "magnetic contribution" to the dilepton spectrum in heavy-ion collisions arising from interaction of relativistic quarks with intense magnetic field. Synchrotron radiation by quarks, which can be approximated by the equivalent photon flux, is followed by dilepton decay of photons in intense magnetic field. We argue that "magnetic contribution" dominates the dilepton spectrum at low lepton energies, whereas a conventional photon dilepton decay dominates at higher lepton energies.
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@article{arxiv.1305.0545,
title = {Magnetic contribution to dilepton production in heavy-ion collisions},
author = {Kirill Tuchin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0545},
year = {2013}
}
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15 pages, 5 figures