190 research outputs found
Coherent QED, Giant Resonances and Pairs in High Energy Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
We show that the coherent oscillations of the e.m. field induced by the
collective quantum fluctuations of the nuclear matter field associated with the
giant resonances, with frequencies MeV, give
rise to a significant pair production in high energy Heavy Ion
collisions. The approximate parameterless calculation of such yield is in good
agreement with recent experimental observations.Comment: 27 pages, 13 figure
Quark Dispersion Relation and Dilepton Production in the Quark-Gluon Plasma
Under very general assumptions we show that the quark dispersion relation in
the quark-gluon plasma is given by two collective branches, of which one has a
minimum at a non-vanishing momentum. This general feature of the quark
dispersion relation leads to structures (van Hove singularities, gaps) in the
low mass dilepton production rate, which might provide a unique signature for
the quark-gluon plasma formation in relativistic heavy ion collisions.Comment: 6 pages, Revtex, 2 PostScript figures, revised version to be
published in Phys. Rev. Let
Hadron Masses in Medium and Neutron Star Properties
We investigate the properties of the neutron star with relativistic mean
field models. We incorporate in the quantum hadrodynamics and in the
quark-meson coupling models a possible reduction of meson masses in nuclear
matter. The equation of state for neutron star matter is obtained and is
employed in Oppenheimer-Volkov equation to extract the maximum mass of the
stable neutron star. We find that the equation of state, the composition and
the properties of the neutron stars are sensitive to the values of the meson
masses in medium.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables. To be published in EPJ
Recent results from Pb-Au collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon obtained with the CERES spectrometer
During the 1996 lead run time, CERES has accumulated 42 million events,
corresponding to a factor of 5 more statistics than in 1995 and 2.5 million
events of a special photon-run. We report on the results of the low-mass
ee-pair analysis. Since the most critical item is the poor
signal-to-background ratio we also discuss the understanding of this
background, in absolute terms, with the help of a detailed Monte Carlo
simulation. We show preliminary results of the photon analysis and summarize
the results of the hadron analysis preliminarily reported on already at QM'97Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, Proceedings of the XIV Int. Conf. on
Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,Quark Matter 99, Torino, Italy, May 10 - 15, 199
Dilepton and Photon Emission Rates from a Hadronic Gas III
We extend our early analyses of the dilepton and photon emission rates from a
hadronic gas to account for strange mesons using a density expansion. The
emission rates are reduced to vacuum correlation functions using three-flavor
chiral reduction formulas, and the latters are assessed in terms of empirical
data. Using a fire-ball, we compare our results to the low and intermediate
mass dilepton data available from CERN. Our results suggest that a baryon free
hadronic gas does not account for the excess of low mass dielectrons observed
at CERES but do well in accounting for the intermediate dimuons at HELIOS. The
same observations apply to the recent low and high dielectron rates from
CERES.Comment: 12 pages LaTeX, 11 eps figure
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics: Experimental Overview
The field of relativistic heavy-ion physics is reviewed with emphasis on new
results and highlights from the first run of the Relativistic Heavy-Ion
Collider at BNL and the 15 year research programme at the SPS at CERN and the
AGS at BNL.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures. Invited Talk at the Fourth International
Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma, (ICPAQGP-2001)
Jaipur, India, November 26-30, 200
Limits of Confinement: The First 15 Years of Ultra-Relativistic Heavy Ion Studies
The study of high energy nuclear collisions has entered a new stage with
RHIC; it therefore seems a good time to ask what we have learned from the
experimental results obtained up to now. I recall what we had expected to find
when the SPS and AGS programs were started, summarize what actually was found,
and then try to assess what we have learned from the results.Comment: 17 pages, 21 figures; opening talk at Quark Matter 2002, Nantes,
France, July 17 - 24, 200
Origin of the low-mass electron pair excess in light nucleus-nucleus collisions
We report measurements of electron pair production in elementary p+p and d+p
reactions at 1.25 GeV/u with the HADES spectrometer. For the first time, the
electron pairs were reconstructed for n+p reactions by detecting the proton
spectator from the deuteron breakup. We find that the yield of electron pairs
with invariant mass Me+e- > 0.15 GeV/c2 is about an order of magnitude larger
in n+p reactions as compared to p+p. A comparison to model calculations
demonstrates that the production mechanism is not sufficiently described yet.
The electron pair spectra measured in C+C reactions are compatible with a
superposition of elementary n+p and p+p collisions, leaving little room for
additional electron pair sources in such light collision systems.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, \usepackage{epsfig
Dilepton and Photon Emission Rates from a Hadronic Gas
We analyze the dilepton and photon emission rates from a hadronic gas using
chiral reduction formulas and a virial expansion. The emission rates are
reduced to pertinent vacuum correlation functions, most of which can be
assessed from experiment. Our results indicate that in the low mass region, the
dilepton and photon rates are enhanced compared to most of the calculations
using chiral Lagrangians. The enhancement is further increased through a finite
pion chemical potential. An estimate of the emission rates is also made using
Haag's expansion for the electromagnetic current. The relevance of these
results to dilepton and photon emission rates in heavy-ion collisions is
discussed.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX using revTeX, 6 figures imbedded in text. Figures
slightly changed, text left unchange
Is the analysis of flow at the CERN SPS reliable?
Several heavy ion experiments at SPS have measured azimuthal distributions of
particles with respect to the reaction plane. These distributions are deduced
from two-particle azimuthal correlations under the assumption that they result
solely from correlations with the reaction plane. In this paper, we investigate
other sources of azimuthal correlations: transverse momentum conservation,
which produces back-to-back correlations, resonance decays, HBT correlations
and final state interactions. These correlations increase with impact
parameter: most of them vary with the multiplicity N like 1/N. When they are
taken into account, the experimental results of the NA49 collaboration at SPS
are significantly modified. These correlations might also explain an important
fraction of the pion directed flow observed by WA98. Data should be reanalyzed
taking into account carefully these non--flow correlations.Comment: Revised version (minor corrections), 13 pages, LaTeX, 6 Postscript
figures included. Submitted to Physical Review
- …