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Tensor Coupling and Vector Mesons in Dense Nuclear Matter

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The effects of magnetic interaction between vector mesons and nucleons on the propagation (mass and width) of the ρ\rho-meson in particular moving through very dense nuclear matter is studied and the modifications, qualitative and quantitative, due to the relevant collective modes (zero-sound and plasma frequencies) of the medium discussed. It is shown that the ρ\rho-mesons produced in high-energy nuclear collisions will be longitudinally polarized in the region of sufficiently dense nuclear matter, in the presence of such an interaction.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9506018,
  title  = {Tensor Coupling and Vector Mesons in Dense Nuclear Matter},
  author = {Abhee Kanti Dutt- Mazumder and Binayak Dutta-Roy and Anirban Kundu and Triptesh De},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9506018},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Plain Latex file. Three figures, not appended, may be obtained on request to [email protected]