Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
1998-05-28
Phys.Rev.Lett.81:1572-1575,1998
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
4 page, RevTeX, inlcuding 2 postscript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1572
Through the analysis of HELIOS-3 data obtained at the CERN SPS, we demonstrate the importance of secondary processes for dilepton production in heavy-ion collisions in the intermediate invariant mass region. We find that while the dilepton spectra between 1 to 2.5 GeV from proton-induced reactions can be attributed to the decay of primary vector mesons, charmed hadrons, and initial Drell-Yan processes; the strong enhancement seen in the heavy-ion data as compared to the background comes mainly from the secondary processes which are germane to heavy-ion collisions. Furthermore, we find $\pi a_1\to l{\bar l}$ to be the most important process in this mass region, as was found by thermal rate calculations. We emphasize the constraints on the elementary cross sections by the experimental data from $e^+e^-$ annihilation.
Gale Charles
Li Gu-Qiang
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