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Rapidity distributions of dileptons from a hadronizing quark-gluon plasma
Ramona VogtP. L. McgaugheyB. V. JacakP. V. RuuskanenP. V. Ruuskanensubject
QuarkSemileptonic decayNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics::LatticeNuclear TheoryFOS: Physical sciences7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesNuclear Theory (nucl-th)Nuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesRapidityInvariant massCharm (quantum number)Nuclear Experiment010306 general physicsPhysicsValence (chemistry)Large Hadron Collider010308 nuclear & particles physicsHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyDrell–Yan process3. Good healthGluonHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyStrange matterQuark–gluon plasmaHigh Energy Physics::Experimentdescription
It has been predicted that dilepton production may be used as a quark-gluon plasma probe. We calculate the rapidity distributions of thermal dileptons produced by an evolving quark-gluon plasma assuming a longitudinal scaling expansion with initial conditions locally determined from the hadronic rapidity density. These distributions are compared with Drell-Yan production and semileptonic charm decays at invariant mass $M = 2$, 4, and 6 GeV.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-04-01 | Physical Review D |