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View SchemaDilepton production in proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at SPS energies
| Authors | G. Q. Li, C. M. Ko, G. E. Brown, H. Sorge |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9611037 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9611037 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0375-9474(96)00318-1 |
| Journal | Nucl.Phys. A611 (1996) 539-567 |
Abstract
Dilepton production in proton- and nucleus-induced reactions is studied in relativistic transport model using initial conditions determined by the string dynamics from RQMD. It is found that both the CERES and HELIOS-3 data for dilepton spectra in proton-nucleus reactions can be well described by the `conventional' mechanism of Dalitz decay and direct vector meson decay. However, to provide a quantitative explanation of the observed dilepton spectra in central S+Au and S+W collisions requires contributions other than these direct decays. Introducing a decrease of vector meson masses in hot and dense medium, we find that these heavy-ion data can also be satisfactorily explained. This agrees with our earlier conclusions based on a fire cylinder model. We also give predictions for Pb+Au collisions at 160 GeV/nucleon using current CERES mass resolution and acceptance.
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"abstract": "Dilepton production in proton- and nucleus-induced reactions is studied in\nrelativistic transport model using initial conditions determined by the string\ndynamics from RQMD. It is found that both the CERES and HELIOS-3 data for\ndilepton spectra in proton-nucleus reactions can be well described by the\n`conventional\u0027 mechanism of Dalitz decay and direct vector meson decay.\nHowever, to provide a quantitative explanation of the observed dilepton spectra\nin central S+Au and S+W collisions requires contributions other than these\ndirect decays. Introducing a decrease of vector meson masses in hot and dense\nmedium, we find that these heavy-ion data can also be satisfactorily explained.\nThis agrees with our earlier conclusions based on a fire cylinder model. We\nalso give predictions for Pb+Au collisions at 160 GeV/nucleon using current\nCERES mass resolution and acceptance.",
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