2003/04/25 by Ulrich Mosel
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th #hep-ph #nucl-ex
published as Heavy Ion Phys. 21 (2004) 163-170 · Proceedings for the 19th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Breckenridge, Colorado, March 8-15, 2003
arxiv created 2003/04/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Changes of hadronic properties in dense nuclear matter as predicted by theory have usually been investigated by means of relativistic heavy-ion reactions. In this talk I show that observable consequences of such changes can also be seen in more elementary reactions on nuclei. Particular emphasis is put on a discussion of photonuclear reactions; examples are the dilepton production at ≈ 1 GeV and the hadron production in nuclei at 10 - 20 GeV virtual photon energies. The observable effects are expected to be as large as in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and can be more directly related to the underlying hadronic changes.