Dileptons and Medium Effects in Heavy-Ion Collisions
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We discuss the status of calculating in-medium modifications of vector-meson spectral functions in hot and dense matter, their application to dilepton spectra in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, and possible relations to chiral symmetry restoration. We emphasize the importance of constraining in-medium spectral functions by empirical information from scattering data, QCD sum rules, and lattice QCD. This is a mandatory prerequisite to arrive at reliable predictions for low-mass dileptons in heavy-ion collisions.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0608022,
title = {Dileptons and Medium Effects in Heavy-Ion Collisions},
author = {Ralf Rapp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0608022},
year = {2008}
}
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8 pages latex, 15 figures