Journal article

Publication year: 1993

Pages: 549-570

Journal: Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

Volume number: 552

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0375-9474

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(93)90285-6

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

We present a nonperturbative dynamical study of η-meson and pion production in heavy-ion collisions from 1 to 2 GeV/A bombarding energy. The dynamical evolution of the nucleus-nucleus collision is described by a transport equation of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck type evolving phase-space distribution functions for nucleons, Δ's, N(1440)'s, N(1535)'s, pions and η′s with their isospin degrees of freedom. Furthermore, we present results for differential dilepton yields in heavy-ion collisions at bombarding energies of 1 and 2 GeV/A incorporating all known sources for dilepton production. We investigate in particular the sensitivity of the calculated yields to predicted changes of the ρ-meson in dense matter and discuss the feasibility to measure the time-like electromagnetic form factor of hadrons and their medium-dependence through the observation of dileptons.

Harvard Citation style: Wolf, G., Cassing, W. and Mosel, U. (1993) Eta and dilepton production in heavy-ion reactions, Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics, 552(4), pp. 549-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(93)90285-6

APA Citation style: Wolf, G., Cassing, W., & Mosel, U. (1993). Eta and dilepton production in heavy-ion reactions. Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics. 552(4), 549-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(93)90285-6