TY - JOUR
T1 - Dileptons as a probe of pion, kaon, nucleon, and antinucleon dynamics in nuclear matter
AU - Gale, Charles
AU - Kapusta, Joseph
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - We continue our study of dilepton radiation from high-temperature nuclear matter by computing the rates for the annihilations K+K-e+e- and NN» e+e-. In general this radiation would yield information on the abundances of kaons and antinucleons in hot and dense nuclear matter. More specifically, the former may yield information on the approach to kaon condensation, and the latter may yield information on the nucleon-antinucleon dispersion relations as predicted by relativistic field theories of nuclear matter. However, these yields are mostly overshadowed by the processes npnpe+e- and so that dilepton production remains essentially a probe of pion dynamics in the nuclear medium.
AB - We continue our study of dilepton radiation from high-temperature nuclear matter by computing the rates for the annihilations K+K-e+e- and NN» e+e-. In general this radiation would yield information on the abundances of kaons and antinucleons in hot and dense nuclear matter. More specifically, the former may yield information on the approach to kaon condensation, and the latter may yield information on the nucleon-antinucleon dispersion relations as predicted by relativistic field theories of nuclear matter. However, these yields are mostly overshadowed by the processes npnpe+e- and so that dilepton production remains essentially a probe of pion dynamics in the nuclear medium.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevC.38.2659
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.38.2659
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:23544446281
VL - 38
SP - 2659
EP - 2663
JO - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
JF - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
SN - 0556-2813
IS - 6
ER -