Production of para-- and orthopositronium at relativistic heavy ion colliders

Details Production of para-- and orthopositronium at relativistic heavy ion colliders Production of para-- and orthopositronium at relativistic heavy ion colliders

1998-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9811494v2

Phys.Rev. C59 (1999) 2734-2743

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

22 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX, misprint corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.59.2734

We consider the ortho-- and parapositronium production in the process $AA \to AA+$ Ps where A is a nucleus with the charge number Z. The inclusive cross section and the energy distribution of the relativistic Ps are calculated which are of primary interest from the experimental point of view. The accuracy of the corresponding cross sections is given by omitting terms $\sim (Z\alpha )^2/L^2$ for the para--Ps and $\sim (Z\alpha)^2/L$ for the ortho--Ps production where $L=\ln{\gamma^2} \approx 9$ and 16 for the RHIC and the LHC. Within this accuracy the multiphoton (Coulomb) corrections are taken into account. We show that the RHIC and the LHC will be Ps factories with a productions rate of about $10^5 \div 10^8$ relativistic Ps per day. The fraction of the ortho--Ps is expected to be of the same order as that of the para--Ps for Au--Au and Pb--Pb collisions.

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