Correlated forward-backward Coulomb dissociation and luminosity monitoring at heavy ion colliders

Abstract

We present an expression for the rate of correlated Coulomb dissociation of both colliding nuclei at a heavy-ion collider. For the case of Au + Au at RHIC, the cross section for mutual correlated dissociation is about 3 barns. This process should be cleanly measured with very forward (zero degree) calorimeters proposed for RHIC. We also discuss prospects for luminosity monitoring using this process.

Keywords

PHYSICS
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
LUMINOSITY
MONITORING
ION BEAMS
DISSOCIATION
BHABHA SCATTERING
BETHE-HEITLER THEORY
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
COLLIDING BEAMS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HEAVY IONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DISSOCIATION ENERGY

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