HEAVY-ION BEAM LIFETIMES AT RELATIVISTIC AND ULTRARELATIVISTIC COLLIDERS

Authors
NORBURY JW WALDSMITH ML
Citation
Jw. Norbury et Ml. Waldsmith, HEAVY-ION BEAM LIFETIMES AT RELATIVISTIC AND ULTRARELATIVISTIC COLLIDERS, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 57(3), 1998, pp. 1525-1527
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1525 - 1527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1998)57:3<1525:HBLARA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The effects of higher order corrections in ultrarelativistic nuclear c ollisions are considered. It is found that higher order contributions are small at low energy, large at intermediate energy, and small again at very high energy. An explanation for this effect is given. This me ans that the Weizsacker-Williams formula is a good approximation to us e in calculating cross sections and beam lifetimes at energies relevan t to relativistic and ultrarelativistic colliders.