Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2012-01-17
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
11 pages, refs corrected, PLB version
Scientific paper
We propose that local parity breaking induced by a large-scale fluctuation of topological charge at large temperatures and/or condensation of pseudoscalar mesons in the isotriplet channel for large baryon densities may be responsible for the substantial dilepton excess that is found for low invariant masses and moderate values of $p_T$ in central heavy ions collisions. This insofar unexplained enhancement could be understood by a combination of two effects leading both to an excess of $e^+e^-$ and $\mu^+ \mu^-$ pairs with respect to theoretical predictions based on conventional hadronic processes: (a) a modification of the dispersion relation of photons and vector mesons propagating in such a nuclear medium due to local parity breaking; (b) the appearance of new decay channels, forbidden by parity conservation in QCD in the usual vacuum. Possible signatures of this effect and perspectives for its detection are discussed.
Andrianov Alexander A.
Andrianov V. A.
Espriu Domenec
Planells Xumeu
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