Bound-free pair production in heavy-ion collisions at high energies

TL;DR

This paper reviews the electromagnetic bound-free electron pair production in high-energy heavy-ion collisions, highlighting its significance for secondary beam generation and discussing various pair production processes and their photon-photon luminosity estimates.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of bound-free pair production mechanisms and estimates photon-photon luminosity constraints in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

Findings

Bound-free pair production impacts secondary beam creation.

Single and double pair production processes are characterized.

Photon-photon luminosity constraints are estimated.

Abstract

The electromagnetic process of bound-free electron pair production in heavy-ion collisions at high energies is reviewed. The importance of this process for producing secondary beams is outlined. Single free electron pair production is presented, and the bound-free pair production process is introduced. Double pair production is discussed, and an estimate of the bound-free pair constrained photon-photon luminosity is given.