https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070062
Free electron-positron pair production in collisions of Au79+(10.8 GeV/u) with Cu29+, Ag47+ and Au79+
Institut für theoretische Physik Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
Received:
21
December
1999
Revised:
6
March
2000
Published online: 15 September 2000
Total and differential cross-sections for the production of free electron-positron pairs are calculated for the reactions Au79+ (10.8 GeV/u) on Cu29+, Ag47+ and Au79+. The methods used are the semiclassical approach and the solution of the time-dependent Dirac equation by a coupled channel method with free wavepakets describing the created fermions. The obtained total cross-sections are in good agreement with the experimental data. The differential cross-sections give informations about the correlation between the electron and positron.
PACS: 03.65.Pm – Relativistic wave equations / 14.60.Cd – Electrons (including positrons) / 34.10.+x – General theories and models of atomic and molecular collisions and interactions (including statistical theories, transition state, stochastic and trajectory models, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
