Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
1998-07-02
Phys.Rev.C58:2914-2927,1998
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
25 pages, including 20 postscript figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.58.2914
We carry out a study of intermediate-mass (between 1 and 2.5 GeV) dilepton spectra from hadronic interactions in heavy-ion collisions. The processes considered are $\pi\pi\to l{\bar l}$, $\pi\rho\to l{\bar l}$, $\pi a_1\to l{\bar l}$, $\pi\omega\to l{\bar l}$, $K{\bar K}\to l{\bar l}$, and $K{\bar K^*}+c.c \to l{\bar l}$. The elementary cross sections for those are obtained from chiral Lagrangians involving pseudoscalar, vector, and axial-vector mesons. The respective electromagnetic form factors are determined by fitting to experimental data for the reverse processes of $e^+e^-\to hadrons$. Based on this input we calculate cross sections and thermal dilepton emission rates and compare our results with those from other approaches. Finally we use these elementary cross sections with a relativistic transport model and calculate dilepton spectra in S+W collisions at SPS energies. The comparison of our results with experimental data from the HELIOS-3 collaboration indicates the importance of the secondary hadronic contributions to the intermediate-mass dilepton spectra.
Gale Charles
Li Gu-Qiang
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