Showing papers by "Carlos A. Bertulani published in 1987"
TL;DR: Using the equivalent photon method, the cross sections for muon- and tau-pair production in relativistic heavy ion collisions are calculated and the absolute values of the pair production cross sections are found to be very small, quite in contrast to the case of electron-positron pair production.
Abstract: Using the equivalent photon method, the cross sections for muon- and tau-pair production in relativistic heavy ion collisions are calculated. A simple analytical formula is obtained, valid for the relativistic Lorentz factor ..gamma..approx. <16 for muon-pair and ..gamma..approx. <270 for tau-pair production. The absolute values of the pair production cross sections are found to be very small, quite in contrast to the case of electron-positron pair production.
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