Can RHIC be used to test QED

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5989085

Fatyga, M; Rhoades-Brown, M; Tannenbaum, M

Three general subjects were addressed during the workshop. These subjects were: to understand the validity of the best available descriptions of e{sup +} e{sup {minus}} pair production in peripheral heavy ion collisions, especially for the domain where this process is known to be non-perturbative. To understand the prospects for using relativistic heavy ions to produce Higgs Bosons or Weak bosons (Z{sub 0}, W+, W{minus}). This production mechanism proceeds through the virtual two photon representation of the heavy ions, and is considered a reason for accelerating heavy ions in both the LHC and the SSC. To study the interference mechanisms between the two processes for hadron production in peripheral heavy ion collisions. These two processes are two photon exchange and two pomeron exchange.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5989085
• Report Number(s): BNL-45842; CONF-9004261--Summ.; ON: DE91009433
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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ACCELERATORS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
BROOKHAVEN RHIC
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON PAIRS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
HADRONS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PHOTOPRODUCTION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
STORAGE RINGS
TESTING