Electron-Positron Pair Production in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
arXiv:0706.0654 · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2007.09.002
Abstract
In recent years, a large number of papers have appeared that dealt with $\EPEM$ pair production in heavy ion collisions at high energies. To a large extent these studies were motivated by the existence of relativistic heavy ion accelerators all over the world. There pair production can be studied in so called ``ultra-peripheral collisions'', where the ions do not come close enough to interact strongly with each other. Various different methods have been used and it is the purpose of this review to present a unified picture of the present status of the field.
51 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Physics Reports
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