We study the simultaneous dissociation of heavy ultrarelativistic nuclei followed by the forward-backward neutron emission in peripheral collisions at colliders. The main contribution to this particular heavy-ion dissociation process, which can be used as a beam luminosity monitor, is expected to be due to the electromagnetic interaction. The Weizsacker-Williams method is extended to the case of simultaneous excitation of collision partners which is simulated by the RELDIS code. A contribution to the dissociation cross section due to grazing nuclear interactions is estimated within the abrasion model and found to be relatively small.
Titolo: | Simultaneous Heavy Ion Dissociation at Ultrarelativistic Energies |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 29-mag-2000 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12079/4908 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |