Dilepton radiation measured in PHENIX probing the strongly interacting matter created at RHIC

Abstract

PHENIX has measured $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ pairs from p+p and Au+Au collisions as function of mass and $p_T$. The data can be used to probe the properties of dense matter formed in Au+Au collision. The relation between electron pairs and virtual photons is discussed.

4 pages, 3 figures, To appear in the conference proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee

References in corpus (8)

• Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX collaboration
• Enhanced production of direct photons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV and implications for the initial temperature
• Hadronic Production of Thermal Photons
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• Electromagnetic radiation from nuclear collisions at RHIC energies
• Measurement of Bottom versus Charm as a Function of Transverse Momentum with Electron-Hadron Correlations in p+p Collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV
• Dilepton mass spectra in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)= 200 GeV and the contribution from open charm
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