Nonstandard l+l- processes in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, L. D. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNatale, A. A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNovaes, S. F. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBoli, O. J.P.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T20:40:10Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T20:40:10Z
dc.date.issued1991-01-01
dc.description.abstractWe study lepton pair production in heavy-ion collisions with emphasis on nonstandard contributions to the QED subprocess l+l-. The existence of compositeness of fermions and/or bosons can be tested in this reaction up to the TeV mass scale. We show that for some processes the capabilities of relativistic heavy-ion colliders to disclose new physics surpass the possibilities of e+e- or pp machines. In particular, spin-zero composite particles which couple predominantly to two photons, predicted in composite models, can be studied in a broad range of masses. © 1991 The American Physical Society.en
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Física Terica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, CEP 01405, So Paulo
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Física - Universidade de so Paulo, Caixa Postal 20516, CEP 01498, So Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstituto de Física Terica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, CEP 01405, So Paulo
dc.format.extent118-126
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.118
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review D, v. 44, n. 1, p. 118-126, 1991.
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevD.44.118
dc.identifier.issn0556-2821
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-4243832749
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/225136
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review D
dc.sourceScopus
dc.titleNonstandard l+l- processes in relativistic heavy-ion collisionsen
dc.typeArtigo

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