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A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions

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Spieles, C; Gerland, L; Hammon, N; Bleicher, M; Bass, SA; Stöcker, H; Greiner, W; Lourenço, C; Vogt, R
Published in: European Physical Journal C
January 1, 1998

A study of secondary Drell-Yan production in nuclear collisions is presented for SPS energies. In addition to the lepton pairs produced in the initial collisions of the projectile and target nucleons, we consider the potentially high dilepton yield from hard valence antiquarks in produced mesons and antibaryons. We calculate the secondary Drell-Yan contributions taking the collision spectrum of hadrons from the microscopic model URQMD. The contributions from meson-baryon interactions, small in hadron-nucleus interactions, are found to be substantial in nucleus-nucleus collisions at low dilepton masses. Preresonance collisions of partons may further increase the yields.

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European Physical Journal C

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ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

349 / 355

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Spieles, C., Gerland, L., Hammon, N., Bleicher, M., Bass, S. A., Stöcker, H., … Vogt, R. (1998). A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions. European Physical Journal C, 5(2), 349–355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800843
Spieles, C., L. Gerland, N. Hammon, M. Bleicher, S. A. Bass, H. Stöcker, W. Greiner, C. Lourenço, and R. Vogt. “A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions.” European Physical Journal C 5, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 349–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100529800843.
Spieles C, Gerland L, Hammon N, Bleicher M, Bass SA, Stöcker H, et al. A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions. European Physical Journal C. 1998 Jan 1;5(2):349–55.
Spieles, C., et al. “A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions.” European Physical Journal C, vol. 5, no. 2, Jan. 1998, pp. 349–55. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s100529800843.
Spieles C, Gerland L, Hammon N, Bleicher M, Bass SA, Stöcker H, Greiner W, Lourenço C, Vogt R. A microscopic calculation of secondary Drell-Yan production in heavy ion collisions. European Physical Journal C. 1998 Jan 1;5(2):349–355.
Journal cover image

Published In

European Physical Journal C

DOI

ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

349 / 355

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics