Electromagnetic production of heavy leptons in relativistic heavy ion collisions
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review C
- Vol. 35 (2) , 836-837
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.35.836
Abstract
Using the equivalent photon method, the cross sections for muon- and tau-pair production in relativistic heavy ion collisions are calculated. A simple analytical formula is obtained, valid for the relativistic Lorentz factor γ≲16 for muon-pair and γ≲270 for tau-pair production. The absolute values of the pair production cross sections are found to be very small, quite in contrast to the case of electron-positron pair production.Keywords
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