Related papers: Photon-neutrino interactions
The photon-neutrino processes $\gamma e^{\pm} \to e^{\pm} \nu \bar \nu$, $\gamma \to \nu \bar \nu$ and $\gamma \gamma \to \nu \bar \nu$ are investigated in the presence of a strongly magnetized and dense electron-positron plasma. The…
We calculate total photon-nucleus and electron-nucleus cross sections $\gamma A\to X$, $e A\to e^\prime X$ and several cross sections on pion and eta production in nuclei in the energy regime between the first and the third resonance region…
Using the effective Lagrangian for the low energy photon-photon interaction the lowest order photon self energy at finite temperature and in non-equilibrium is calculated within the real time formalism. The Debye mass, the dispersion…
Because the production cross sections of gamma-rays, electrons, and positrons made in p-p collisions, $\sigma_{pp\rightarrow \gamma}$ and $\sigma_{pp\rightarrow {e}^\pm}$, respectively, are kinematically equivalent with respect to the…
In this note we address the issue of theoretical estimates of the hadronic cross-sections for \gamgam processes. We compare the predictions of the minijet model with data as well as other models, highlighting the band of uncertainties in…
The cross section of the reaction $pp \to pp \gamma \gamma$ is estimated and the exploration possibilities of this reaction to probe for a possible excitation of subnuclear degrees of freedom in two-nucleon systems, in particular, the…
In this note we address the issue of measurability of the hadronic cross-sections at a future photon collider as well as for the two-photon processes at a future high energy linear $e^+e^-$ collider. We extend, to higher energy, our…
The total cross section for Coulomb photoproduction of neutral pion pairs in the reaction gamma A --> pi0 pi0 A is estimated within the effective chiral lagrangian approach. The amplitude of gamma gamma* --> pi0 pi0 with one off-shell…
We report the measurement of differential cross sections for $\omega$ and $\eta'$ photoproduction from protons at backward angles ($-1.0<\cos\Theta_{C.M}^{X}<-0.8$) using linearly polarized photons at $E_{\gamma}=$$1.5-3.0$ GeV.…
A coupled-channel effective Lagrangian model respecting unitary and gauge invariance is applied to the combined analysis of the $(\pi,\gamma) N \to K\Sigma$ reactions for the center of mass energies up to 2 GeV. The recent photoproduction…
We have measured the differential cross section for the gamma n --> pi- p and gamma p --> pi+ n reactions at center of mass angle of 90 degree in the photon energy range from 1.1 to 5.5 GeV at Jefferson Lab (JLab). The data at photon…
The ability of high energy $e^+e^-$ colliders to indirectly probe the existence of heavy new charged gauge bosons via their exchange in the reaction $e^+e^-\to \nu\bar\nu\gamma$ is investigated. It is shown that examination of the resulting…
The advent of a next linear $e^\pm e^-$ collider and back-scatterd laser beams will allow the study of a vast array of high energy processes of the Standard Model through the fusion of real and virtual photons and other gauge bosons. As…
Spectrum of the neutrinos produced in the massive photon and longitudal plasmon decay process has been computed with four levels of approximation for the dispersion relations. Some analytical formulae in limiting cases are derived.…
In an unitary effective Lagrangian model we develop a unified description of both meson scattering and photon-induced reactions on the nucleon. Adding the photon to an already existing model for meson-nucleon scattering yields both Compton…
In our previous work [Phys. Rev. C 101, 014003 (2020)], the photoproduction reaction $\gamma p \to K^{\ast +} \Lambda$ has been investigated within an effective Lagrangian approach. There, the reaction amplitudes were constructed by…
It is very likely that in 3-4 years the construction of one or two linear colliders with c.m.s energy up to 0.5--1.5 TeV will be started. Besides e^+e^- collisions, linear colliders give a unique possibility to study gamma-gamma and…
We report the measurement of the $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Lambda$ and $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Sigma^{0}$ reactions at SPring-8. The differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries are measured at forward $K^{+}$ production…
A general analysis of the three-vertex loop amplitude in a strong magnetic field, based on the asymptotic form of the electron propagator in the field, is performed. In order to investigate the photon-neutrino process gamma gamma -> nu bar…
We investigate the effects of gluon number fluctuations on the total $\gamma\gamma$, $\gamma^*\gamma^*$ cross sections and the photon structure function $F_2^\gamma(x,Q^2)$. Considering a model which relates the dipole-dipole and…