Two-photon physics in nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:6533

Nystrand, J; Klein, S

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: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6533
• Report Number(s): LBNL-42524; TRN: US200305%%763
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop on Photon Interactions and the Photon Structure, Lund (SE), 09/10/1998--09/13/1998; Other Information: Supercedes report DE00006533; PBD: 1 Sep 1998; PBD: 1 Sep 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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