CALCULATION OF THE CROSS-SECTION FOR E+-E- (K ORBIT) PAIRS BY VERY-HIGH-ENERGY FULLY STRIPPED HEAVY-IONS AT PERTURBATIONAL IMPACT PARAMETERS

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BALTZ, AJ [1 ]
RHOADESBROWN, MJ [1 ]
WENESER, J [1 ]
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[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB, RELATIVIST HEAVY ION COLLIDER PROJECT, UPTON, NY 11973 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 48卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.48.2002
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The cross section for the production of e+-e- (K orbit) pairs by very-high-energy fully stripped heavy ions is calculated for large impact parameters, where perturbation theory is valid. To achieve accuracy a large range of angular momenta and energies is explicitly computed. The remaining high-angular-momentum and high-energy domain are included by means of a modified version of an asymptotic expansion devised by Hall [Phys. Rev. 45, 620 (1934); Rev. Mod. Phys. 8, 358 (1936)]. An approximation to the small-impact-parameter, nonperturbative contribution is taken from previous work to obtain a reliable estimate for the practically important Au79+ on Au79+ cross section.
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