Ultraperipheral vs. Ordinary Nuclear Interactions

It is argued that the cross sections of ultraperipheral interactions of heavy nuclei can become comparable in value to those of their ordinary hadronic interactions at high energies. Simple estimates of corresponding “preasymptotic energy thresholds” are provided. The method of e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: I. M. Dremin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-12-01
Series:Universe
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/6/1/4