Probing the vacuum with highly charged ions

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5881146

Bottcher, C; Strayer, M R

The physics of the Fermion vacuum is briefly described, and applied to pair production in heavy ion collisions. We consider in turn low energies (<50 MeV/nucleon), intermediate energies (<5 GeV/nucleon), and ultrahigh energies such as would be produced in a ring collider. At high energies, interesting questions of Lorentz and gauge invariance arise. Finally, some applications to the structure of high Z atoms are examined. 14 refs., 11 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38; AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5881146
• Report Number(s): CONF-8708164-1; ON: DE88001431
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on spectroscopy and structure of highly ionized atoms, Lisle, IL, USA, 17 Aug 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEAVY ION REACTIONS
VACUUM STATES
POSITRONS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
CHARGE DENSITY
DIRAC EQUATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ENERGY LEVELS
FERMIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
LORENTZ INVARIANCE
MEV RANGE 10-100
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PERTURBATION THEORY
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
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TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
ACCELERATORS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTIPARTICLES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
INTERACTIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LEPTONS
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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