Thermal dileptons from {pi}-{rho} interactions in a hot pion gas
- Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld (Germany)
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, PL-50204 Wroclaw (Poland)
The production of low mass dileptons from {pi}-{rho} interactions in a hot medium is studied. Applying finite temperature perturbation theory the dilepton rate is computed up to order g{sub {rho}}{sup 2}. For dilepton masses below the {rho} the two-body reactions {pi}{pi}{r_arrow}{rho}{gamma}{sup {asterisk}}, {pi}{rho}{r_arrow}{pi}{gamma}{sup {asterisk}}, and the decay process {rho}{r_arrow}{pi}{pi}{gamma}{sup {asterisk}} give significant contributions. Nonequilibrium contributions to the thermal rate are estimated, including the modification of the particle distribution function with a nonzero pion chemical potential. A comparison of the dilepton rate with the recent data measured in nucleus-nucleus collisions at CERN SPS energy by the CERES Collaboration is also performed. It is shown that the additional thermal dileptons from {pi}-{rho} interactions can partially account for the excess of the soft dilepton yield seen experimentally. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 477092
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 55; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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