PHYSICS OF ULTRA-PERIPHERAL NUCLEAR COLLISIONS

2005/02/28 by C. A. Bertulani, Carlos A. Bertulani, Spencer R. Klein +2 · 12 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.55.090704.151526

published as Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.55:271-310,2005 · 47 pages, to appear in Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

arxiv created 2005/07/13 · openalex publication_date 2005/08/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

▪ Abstract Moving highly-charged ions carry strong electromagnetic fields that act as a beam of photons. In collisions at large impact parameters, hadronic interactions are not possible, and the ions interact through photon-ion and photon-photon collisions known as ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs). Hadron colliders like the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the Tevatron, and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produce photonuclear and two-photon interactions at luminosities and energies beyond that accessible elsewhere; the LHC will reach a γp energy ten times that of the Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator (HERA). Reactions as diverse as the production of anti-hydrogen, photoproduction of the ρ 0 , transmutation of lead into bismuth, and excitation of collective nuclear resonances have already been studied. At the LHC, UPCs can study many types of new physics processes.

Citations

• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in "The Review of Particle Properties" 2004)

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