Production of Low Mass Electron Pairs Due to the Photon-Photon Mechanism in Central Collisions

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1999-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9908448v1

Phys.Rev. C61 (2000) 027901

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

10 pages REVTeX, 5 Figures, for related work see http://quasar.physik.unibas.ch/~hencken/

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.61.027901

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.

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