TY - JOUR
T1 - Pion and muon production in e-, e+, γ plasma
AU - Kuznetsova, Inga
AU - Habs, Dietrich
AU - Rafelski, Johann
PY - 2008/7/31
Y1 - 2008/7/31
N2 - We study production and equilibration of pions and muons in relativistic electron-positron-photon plasma at a temperature of T mμ, mπ. We argue that the observation of pions and muons can be a diagnostic tool in the study of the initial properties of such a plasma formed by means of strong laser fields. Conversely, properties of muons and pions in a thermal environment become accessible to precise experimental study.
AB - We study production and equilibration of pions and muons in relativistic electron-positron-photon plasma at a temperature of T mμ, mπ. We argue that the observation of pions and muons can be a diagnostic tool in the study of the initial properties of such a plasma formed by means of strong laser fields. Conversely, properties of muons and pions in a thermal environment become accessible to precise experimental study.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.014027
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.014027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49149118308
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 78
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 1
M1 - 014027
ER -