TESTING OF QCD PLASMA FORMATION BY DILEPTON SPECTRA IN RELATIVISTIC NUCLEAR COLLISIONS

Siemens, P.J.; Chin, S.A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1266

TESTING OF QCD PLASMA FORMATION BY DILEPTON SPECTRA IN RELATIVISTIC NUCLEAR COLLISIONS

P.J. Siemens
(
- Texas A-M
)
,
S.A. Chin
(
- Texas A-M
)

1985

3 pages

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 55 (1985) 1266-1268

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1266

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Abstract: (APS)

If a colored plasma is produced in ultrarelativistic collisions of heavy nuclei, its presence can be inferred by observing that the ρ-meson peak in the mass spectrum of emitted dileptons disappears as their transverse energy increases.

NUCLEUS NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
RELATIVISTIC
SCATTERING: HEAVY ION
HEAVY ION: SCATTERING
QUARK GLUON: PLASMA
MUON: PAIR PRODUCTION
PAIR PRODUCTION: MUON
MASS SPECTRUM: (DILEPTON)
(DILEPTON): MASS SPECTRUM
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION: ENERGY DEPENDENCE

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