Dielectron cross section measurements in nucleus-nucleus reactions at 1.0A GeV

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作者
Porter, RJ
Beedoe, S
Bossingham, R
Bougteb, M
Christie, WB
Carroll, J
Gong, WG
Hallman, T
Heilbronn, L
Huang, HZ
Igo, G
Kirk, P
Krebs, G
LetessierSelvon, A
Madansky, L
Manso, F
Matis, HS
Miller, J
Naudet, C
Prunet, M
Roche, G
Schroeder, LS
Seidl, P
Wang, ZF
Welsh, RC
Wilson, WK
Yegneswaran, A
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90095
[2] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND,IN2P3,F-63177 AUBIERE,FRANCE
[3] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[4] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
[5] WAYNE STATE UNIV,DETROIT,MI 48201
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1229
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present measured dielectron production cross sections for Ca + Ca, C + C, He + Ca, and d + Ca reactions at 1.0 AGeV. Statistical uncertainties and systematic effects are smaller than in previous dilepton spectrometer (DLS) nucleus-nucleus data. For pair mass M less than or equal to 0.35 GeV/c(2) we obtain (1) the Ca + Ca cross section is larger than the previous DLS measurement and current model results, (2) the mass spectra suggest large contributions from pi(0) and eta Dalitz decays, and (3) d sigma/dM proportional to A(p)A(T). For M > 0.5 GeV/c(2) the Ca + Ca to C + C cross section ratio is significantly larger than the ratio of A(p)A(T) values.
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