Breakdown of QED vacuum and luminosity lifetime of a heavy ion collider

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5149646

Rhoades-Brown, M J

During beam crossing at a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider the peripheral electromagnetic field between the fully stripped ions in colliding bunches is sufficiently intense to induce copious particle production. In this manuscript the production of free pair e{sup +},e{sup {minus}} leptons and bound-electron plus free e{sup +} particles are addressed in detail. In particular, both perturbative and non-perturbative approaches to these reactions are addressed. Capturing a produced electron into a bound state of an atom is a charge changing reaction that may effect the useful machine luminosity lifetime. The analogies between strong field effects in heavy ion colliders and the next generation of linear colliders are also discussed. 12 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5149646
• Report Number(s): BNL-46699; CONF-9105230-5; ON: DE92002063
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) beam dynamics workshop, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 13-16 May 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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