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Physics Opportunities in Ultraperipheral Heavy Ion Collisions at LHC
Due to coherence, there are strong electromagnetic fields of short duration
in very peripheral heavy ion collisions. They give rise to photon-photon and
photon-nucleus collisions with high flux. Photon-photon and photon-hadron
physics at various invariant mass scales are discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures Proceedings of the Workshop on Electromagnetic
Probes of Fundamental Physics, Oct. 16-21,2001, Erice, Ital
Production of Low Mass Electron Pairs Due to the Photon-Photon Mechanism in Central Collisions
We calculate the probability for dilepton production in central relativistic
heavy ion collisions due to the gamma-gamma mechanism. This is a potential
background to more interesting mechanisms. We find that this mechanism is
negligible in the CERES experiments. Generally, the contribution due to this
mechanism is small in the central region, while it can be large for small
invariant masses and forward or backward rapidities. A simple formula based on
the equivalent photon approximation and applications to a possible scenario at
RHIC are also given.Comment: 10 pages REVTeX, 5 Figures, for related work see
http://quasar.physik.unibas.ch/~hencken
Direct Reactions with Exotic Nuclei
We discuss recent work on Coulomb dissociation and an effective-range theory
of low-lying electromagnetic strength of halo nuclei. We propose to study
Coulomb dissociation of a halo nucleus bound by a zero-range potential as a
homework problem. We study the transition from stripping to bound and unbound
states and point out in this context that the Trojan-Horse method is a suitable
tool to investigate subthreshold resonances.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, proceedings of Workshop on "Reaction Mechanisms
for Rare Isotope Beams" Michigan State University March 9-12,200
Investigation of subthreshold resonances with the Trojan horse method
It is pointed out that the Trojan horse method is a suitable tool to
investigate subthreshold resonances.Comment: references added, typo corrected;6 pages, 1 figure, to be published
in the AIP Proceedings of Fusion06, International Conference on Reaction
Mechanisms and Nuclear Structure at the Coulomb Barrier, March 19-23, 2006,
San Servolo, Ital
Stock-bond co-movements and cross-country linkages
This paper shows empirically that the level of stock-bond correlation depends more on crosscountry influences than on stock and bond market interaction. The study examines the relation of cross-country and cross-asset stock and bond market linkages for eight developed countries and finds that (i) stock market returns primarily depend on the US stock market and (ii) bond market returns primarily depend on the US bond market. Recursive Granger causality tests further show that the dominance of the US stock and bond market has increased in recent years and that there is both Granger causality from stocks to bonds and from bonds to stocks in several periods. We argue that the relatively low level of stock-bond correlations is due to an increased cross-country interdependence of financial markets leading to more frequent portfolio reallocations between stocks and bonds in order to compensate for lower cross-country diversification benefits.financial market integration, stock market co-movements, bond market co-movements, stock-bond linkages, flight-to-quality, contagion
Coherent photon-photon interactions in very peripheral relativistic heavy ion collisions
Heavy ions at high velocities provide very strong electromagnetic fields for
a very short time. The main characteristics of ultraperipheral relativistic
heavy ion collisions are reviewed, characteristic parameters are identified.
The main interest in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions at relativistic ion
colliders like the LHC is the interactions of very high energy (equivalent)
photons with the countermoving (equivalent) photons and hadrons (protons/ions).
The physics of these interactions is quite different from and complementary to
the physics of the strong fields achieved with current and future lasers.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, invited talk presented at the ELI Workshop and
School on Fundamental Physics with Ultra-high Fields (September 29- October
2, 2008, Frauenwoerth, German
Direct Reactions with Exotic Nuclei, Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics
Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation and dissociation is a useful tool for
nuclear structure and astrophysics studies. Low-lying strength in nuclei far
from stability was discovered by this method. The effective range theory for
low-lying strength in one-neutron halo nuclei is summarized and extended to
two-neutron halo nuclei. This is of special interest in view of recent rather
accurate experimental results on the low-lying electric dipole strength in
Li. Another indirect approach to nuclear astrophysics is the Trojan
horse method. It is pointed out that it is a suitable tool to investigate
subthreshold resonances.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the Erice School on 'Radioactive
Beams, Nuclear Dynamics and Astrophysics' to be published in 'Prog. Part.
Nucl. Phys.
Photon-Photon and Photon-Hadron Interactions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Colliders
In central collisions at relativistic heavy ion colliders like the
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider RHIC/Brookhaven and the Large Hadron Collider
LHC (in its heavy ion mode) at CERN/Geneva, one aims at detecting a new form of
hadronic matter --- the Quark Gluon Plasma. We discuss here a complementary
aspect of these collisions, the very peripheral ones. Due to coherence, there
are strong electromagnetic fields of short duration in such collisions. They
give rise to photon-photon and photon-nucleus collisions with high flux up to
an invariant mass region hitherto unexplored experimentally. After a general
survey photon-photon luminosities in relativistic heavy ion collisions are
discussed. Then photon-photon physics at various gamma-gamma-invariant mass
scales is discussed. The region of several GeV, relevant for RHIC is dominated
by QCD phenomena (meson and vector meson pair production). Invariant masses of
up to about 100 GeV can be reached at LHC, and the potential for new physics is
discussed. Lepton-pair production, especially electron-positron pair production
is copious. Due to the strong fields there will be new phenomena, especially
multiple e+e- pair production.Comment: 10 pages, Proceedings of the Erice Summer School on Heavy Ion Physics
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Comment on "A Quantum-Mechanical Equivalent-Photon Spectrum for Heavy Ion Physics"
We critically discuss the recently developed quantum-mechanical equivalent
photon spectrum by Benesh et al. We point out that the key point, the strong
absorption in heavy ion collisions, is not treated adequately. Conclusions
drawn from such a spectrum are invalid. Equivalent photon spectra appropriate
for heavy ions, have been given before in quantal as well as semiclassical
versions and were found to be very satisfactory.Comment: 3 pages, LaTe
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