We propose to measure the linear polarization of the external electromagnetic fields of a relativistic heavy ion through azimuthal asymmetries in dilepton production in ultraperipheral collisions. The asymmetries estimated with the equivalent photon approximation are shown to be sizable.
@article{arxiv.1903.10084,
title = {Probing the linear polarization of photons in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions},
author = {Cong Li and Jian Zhou and Ya-jin Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.10084},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
The version accepted by the journal, 7 pages, 4 figures