Physics of ultra-peripheral nuclear collisions

CA Bertulani, SR Klein, J Nystrand - Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Moving highly-charged ions carry strong electromagnetic fields that act as a beam
of photons. In collisions at large impact parameters, hadronic interactions are not possible …

Mapping the electromagnetic fields of heavy-ion collisions with the Breit-Wheeler process

JD Brandenburg, W Zha, Z Xu - The European Physical Journal A, 2021 - Springer
Ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions are expected to produce the strongest electromagnetic
fields in the known Universe. These highly-Lorentz contracted fields can manifest …

First measurement of the| t|-dependence of coherent J/ψ photonuclear production

S Acharya, D Adamová, A Adler, J Adolfsson… - Physics Letters B, 2021 - Elsevier
The first measurement of the cross section for coherent J/ψ photoproduction as a function of|
t|, the square of the momentum transferred between the incoming and outgoing target …

Measurement of the Cross Section for Electromagnetic Dissociation<? format?> with Neutron Emission in Pb-Pb Collisions at s NN<? format?>=<? format?> 2.76 TeV

B Abelev, J Adam, D Adamova, AM Adare… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
The first measurement of neutron emission in electromagnetic dissociation of Pb 208 nuclei
at the LHC<? format?> is presented. The measurement is performed using the neutron zero …

First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN= 5.44 TeV

S Acharya, D Adamová, A Adler, J Adolfsson… - Physics Letters B, 2021 - Elsevier
The first measurement of the coherent photoproduction of ρ 0 vector mesons in ultra-
peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at s NN= 5.44 TeV is presented. This result, together with …

Coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at = 5.02 TeV

S Acharya, D Adamová, A Adler, J Adolfsson… - Journal of high energy …, 2020 - Springer
A bstract Cross sections for the coherent photoproduction of ρ 0 vector mesons in ultra-
peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at\(\sqrt {{\mathrm {s}} _ {\mathrm {NN}}}\)= 5. 02 TeV are …

Energy dependence of coherent photonuclear production of J/ψ mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at = 5.02 TeV

S Acharya, D Adamová, A Adler… - Journal of High Energy …, 2023 - Springer
A bstract The cross section for coherent photonuclear production of J/ψ is presented as a
function of the electromagnetic dissociation (EMD) of Pb. The measurement is performed …

Mutual heavy ion dissociation in peripheral collisions at ultrarelativistic energies

IA Pshenichnov, JP Bondorf, IN Mishustin, A Ventura… - Physical Review C, 2001 - APS
We study mutual dissociation of heavy nuclei in peripheral collisions at ultrarelativistic
energies. Earlier this process was proposed for beam luminosity monitoring via …

Electromagnetic excitation and fragmentation of ultrarelativistic nuclei

IA Pshenichnov - Physics of Particles and Nuclei, 2011 - Springer
Electromagnetic interactions of high-energy nuclei in ultraperipheral collisions are
considered. Such collisions, which take place without any overlap of nuclear densities, can …

Energy dependence of coherent photonuclear production of J/ mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at =5.02 TeV

Alice Collaboration - arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19060, 2023 - arxiv.org
The cross section for coherent photonuclear production of J/$\psi $ is presented as a
function of the electromagnetic dissociation (EMD) of Pb. The measurement is performed …