Photons and Dileptons at LHC
Rainer J. Fries, S. Turbide, C. Gale, D. K. Srivastava
TL;DR
This paper reviews photon and dilepton production in heavy ion collisions at the LHC, presenting results for dilepton yields at various transverse momenta to understand the underlying physics.
Contribution
It provides new calculations and analysis of dilepton yields in Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC, focusing on intermediate and large transverse momentum ranges.
Findings
Dilepton yields vary with transverse momentum in Pb+Pb collisions.
Photon sources include real and virtual photons in heavy ion environments.
Results help interpret electromagnetic signals in high-energy nuclear collisions.
Abstract
We discuss real and virtual photon sources in heavy ion collisions and present results for dilepton yields in Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC at intermediate and large transverse momentum p_T.
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Taxonomy
TopicsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions