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Positron production in collision of heavy nuclei

Nuclear Theory 2016-06-27 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Atomic Physics

Abstract

We consider the electromagnetic production of positron in collision of heavy nuclei, with the simultaneously produced electron captured by one of the nuclei. This cross-section exceeds by about four orders of magnitude the cross-section of e+ee^+ e^- production.

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@article{arxiv.1603.06061,
  title  = {Positron production in collision of heavy nuclei},
  author = {I. B. Khriplovich and D. A. Solovyev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06061},
  year   = {2016}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure