Conference paper

Publication year: 1992

Pages: C139-C150

Journal: Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics

Volume number: 545

Issue number: 1-2

ISSN: 0375-9474

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(92)90454-R

Conference: International Workshop "Dynamical fluctuations and correlations in nuclear collisions"

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
We present a nonperturbative dynamical study of eta-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. Our model evolves phase-space distribution functions for nucleons, DELTA's, N(1440)'s, N(1535)'s, pions and eta's with their isospin degrees of freedom. Furthermore, we show results for dilepton yields in heavy-ion collisions at bombarding energies of 1 and 2 GeV/A. All known sources of dileptons are taken into account. We investigate in particular the sensitivity of the calculated yields to predicted changes of the rho-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. (1992) Eta and dilepton production in heavy-ion reactions, Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics, 545(1-2), pp. C139-C150. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(92)90454-R

APA Citation style: Wolf, G., Cassing, W., & Mosel, U. (1992). Eta and dilepton production in heavy-ion reactions. Nuclear Physics A: Nuclear and Hadronic Physics. 545(1-2), C139-C150. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(92)90454-R