Electron positron pair production in Coulomb collisions of ultrarelativistic sulphur ions with fixed targets

Vane, C.R. ; Datz, S. ; Dittner, P.F. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 69 (1992) 1911-1914, 1992.
Inspire Record 343889 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19818

Angular and momentum distributions have been measured for positrons from electron-positron pairs created in peripheral collisions of 6.4-TeV sulfur ions with fixed targets of Al, Pd, and Au. The data are compared with results of several theoretical treatments. Measured differential cross sections peak at low momentum (≤1 MeV/c), extend significantly to much higher momenta (>17 MeV/c), and concentrate sharply in the forward direction, along the ion-beam axis. Positron yields scale as the square of the target nuclear charge as predicted by theory.

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