Impact-parameter dependence of the total probability for electromagnetic electron-positron pair production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
Impact-parameter dependence of the total probability for electromagnetic electron-positron pair production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
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10.1103/physreva.51.1874
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1995-03
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K. Hencken;D. Trautmann;G. Baur
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K. Hencken;D. Trautmann;G. Baur
We calculate the impact-parameter-dependent total probability P total (b) for the electromagnetic production of electron-positron pairs in relativistic heavy-ion collisions in lowest order. We study expecially impact parameters smaller than the Compton wavelength of the electron, where the equivalent-photon approximation cannot be used. Calculations with and without a form factor for the heavy ions are done; the influence is found to be small. The lowest-order results are found to violate unitarity and are used for the calculation of multiple-pair production probabilities with the help of the approximate Poisson distribution already found in earlier publications.