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SpringerOpen, The European Physical Journal C, 4(74), 2014

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2829-z

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Double lepton pair production with electron capture in relativistic heavy--ion collisions

Journal article published in 2014 by A. N. Artemyev, V. G. Serbo, A. Surzhykov ORCID
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Abstract

We present a theoretical study of a double lepton pair production in ultra--relativistic collision between two bare ions. Special emphasis is placed to processes in which creation of (at least one) $e^+ e^-$ pair is accompanied by the capture of an electron into a bound ionic state. To evaluate the probability and cross section of these processes we employ two approaches based on (i) the first--order perturbation theory and multipole expansion of Dirac wavefunctions, and (ii) the equivalent photon approximation. With the help of such approaches, detailed calculations are made for the creation of two bound--free $e^+ e^-$ pairs as well as of bound--free $e^+ e^-$ and free--free $μ^+ μ^-$ pairs in collisions of bare lead ions Pb$^{82+}$. The results of the calculations indicate that observation of the double lepton processes may become feasible at the LHC facility. ; Comment: 12 pages, 1 figure