Ultraperipheral nuclear interactions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2020-04-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Large-distance ultraperipheral collisions of two relativistic ions are considered. The clouds of photons surrounding the ions are responsible for their distant electromagnetic interaction. The perturbative approach and the method of equivalent photons are described. It is shown that the total cross section of these collisions increases rapidly with increasing energy and is especially large for heavy ions. Some experimental data and their comparison with theoretical approaches are described. Further proposals are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.07414,
title = {Ultraperipheral nuclear interactions},
author = {I. M. Dremin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.07414},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
22 p. references added, Physics-Uspekhi, DOI:10.3367/UFNe.2020.03.038741