Imaging the space-time evolution of high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions with bremsstrahlung

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Physical Review, C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.3317· OSTI ID:341436

Kapusta, J I; Wong, S M ^[1]

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1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

The bremsstrahlung produced when heavy nuclei collide is estimated for central collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Bremsstrahlung photons with energies below 100{endash}200 MeV are sufficient to discern the gross features of the space-time evolution of electric charge, if they can be separated from other sources of photons experimentally. This is illustrated explicitly by considering two very different models, one Bjorken-like, the other Landau-like, both of which are constructed to give the same final charge rapidity distribution. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 341436
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 59; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ATOMIC NUMBER
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
ELECTRIC CHARGES
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE