Production of light pseudoscalar particles in heavy-ion collisions
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 34 (9), 2896-2899
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.34.2896
Abstract
We calculate the cross section for the production of a hypothetical light neutral pseudoscalar particle in heavy-ion collisions due to the two-photon process. For an inverse coupling strength f in the 100-GeV range we predict a cross section of for production of a particle with 1.5-MeV mass. For the maximal allowed coupling f=5 MeV and an effective reduction of the particle mass due to binding the cross section may reach in to the μb range.
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