TWO-PHOTON PHYSICS IN NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS AT RHIC.

Conference · Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:14851

NYSTRAND, J

Ultra-relativistic heavy-ions carry strong electromagnetic and nuclear fields. Interactions between these fields in peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions can probe many interesting physics topics. This presentation will focus on coherent two-photon and photonuclear processes at RHIC. The rates for these interactions will be high. The coherent coupling of all the protons in the nucleus enhances the equivalent photon flux by a factor Z{sup 2} up to an energy of {approx} 3 GeV. The plans for studying coherent interactions with the STAR experiment will be discussed. Experimental techniques for separating signal from background will be presented.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 14851
• Report Number(s): BNL-66896; KB0201; R&D Project: PO3; KB0201; TRN: US0106817
• Resource Relation: Conference: WORKSHOP ON PHOTON INTERACTIONS AND THE PHOTON STRUCTURE, LUND (SE), 09/10/1998--09/13/1998; Other Information: PBD: 10 Sep 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
HEAVY IONS
PHOTONS
PROBES
PROTONS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
COLLISIONS
INTERACTIONS