6533b820fe1ef96bd127a2d7

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Emission of thermal dileptons in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions

P.v. Ruuskanen

subject

PhysicsMass numberNuclear and High Energy PhysicsHigh Energy Physics::LatticeHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyNuclear TheoryPlasmaCollisionNuclear physicsPionThermalHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentHeavy ionAtomic physicsImpact parameterNuclear Experiment

description

Abstract The emission of thermal dileptons from a quark-gluon plasma and hot pion gas formed in a collision of heavy nuclei, is studied in the framework of hydrodynamics. Thermal rates are compared with the estimates of rates for Drell-Yan production. Dependence on the mass number and impact parameter of colliding nuclei, and the collision energy is considered.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(91)90332-z