Electromagnetic interaction of ultrarelativistic heavy ions

2000/12/31 by C. A. Bertulani
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Atomic physics #Economics #Electron #Function (biology) #Heavy ion #Ion #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Physics #Production (economics) #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #nucl-th #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.63.062706

published as Phys.Rev.A63:062706,2001 · 11 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2001/02/14 · openalex publication_date 2001/05/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The validity of a \ensuremathδ-function approximation for the electromagnetic interaction of relativistic heavy ions is investigated. The production of e⁺e^\ensuremath- pairs, with electron capture, is used as a test of the approximation.

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