Oscillations of the polarized vacuum around a large Z(approx. 180) ''Nucleus''

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6589737

Kumano, S; Iwazaki, A

We investigate a possible explanation of sharp e/sup +/ peaks in heavy-ion collisions by analyzing a collective phenomenon in QED. We show that a highly polarized vacuum around a large Z ''nucleus'' has at least two neutral oscillation modes, whose energies are calculated to be 1.8 Mev and 1.5 Mev with an appropriate choice of the nuclear radius. They decay into a pair of e/sup /+-// through electromagnetic interactions. 10 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Nishogakusha Univ., Chiba (Japan). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6589737
• Report Number(s): CONF-881054-37; ON: DE89004184
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. annual DOE model conference, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 3 Oct 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EQUATIONS OF MOTION
HAMILTONIANS
SCHROEDINGER EQUATION
WAVE FUNCTIONS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
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CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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FERMIONS
FUNCTIONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
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PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
WAVE EQUATIONS
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