Citations per year

1998200320082013201705101520
Abstract:
The properties of vector mesons in nuclear matter are discussed. Results for the momentum dependence of the ρ\rho-meson self energy in matter due to ρN\rho N interactions are presented, and consequences for the production rate of e+ee^+e^- pairs in hot and dense matter are discussed. I also examine the constraints imposed by elementary processes on the widths of ρ\rho and ω\omega mesons in nuclear matter, and conclude that in recent models the in-medium widths of these mesons are overestimated.
  • talk: Seoul 1997/10/25
  • nuclear matter: density
  • scattering: rho(770) nucleon
  • rho(770): propagator
  • momentum dependence
  • rho(770): electromagnetic decay
  • rho(770): width
  • omega(783): electromagnetic decay
  • omega(783): width
  • numerical calculations