线偏振光子碰撞中$e^+e^-$动量与角分布的测量
核实验
2021-08-05 v2
摘要
通过观测超 peripheral Au+Au碰撞在 GeV下产生的6085个排他性电子-正电子对，从实验上研究了由光子碰撞产生物质与反物质的Breit-Wheeler过程。测量揭示了显著的第四阶角调制，以及在实验上限（占观测产额）处不存在矢量介子（、和）的平滑不变质量分布。对横动量的微分截面在低值处出现峰值，且 MeV，并显示出显著的 centrality 依赖性。这些特征与线偏振光子碰撞的QED计算一致，这些光子由以超相对论速度运动的高度带电Au核所产生的极强电磁场量子化而来。实验结果对真空双折射以及磁场映射具有意义，而后者对涌现的QCD现象十分重要。
引用
@article{arxiv.1910.12400,
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journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.12400},
year = {2021}
}
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Keywords: Ultra-peripheral collisions, Breit-Wheeler process, vacuum birefringence, two-photon process, QED under extreme conditions, strong fields