Photon physics in heavy ion collisions at the LHC

• DOI: 10.5170/cern-2004-009.367
• Publication Date: 2003-11-10
• Authors: François Arleo; P. Aurenche; Fritz Bopp; I. Dadić; G. David; H. Delagrange; D. d’Enterria; K. Eskola; François Gelis; J-Ph. Guillet; Sangyong Jeon; Y. Kharlov; Olga Kodolova; P. Lévai; J. H. Liu; I. Lokhtin; Guy D. Moore; H. Niemi; A. Nikitenko; T. Peitzmann; P. Petreczky; J. Ranft; Ralf Rapp; P. V. Ruuskanen; K. Redlich; Syksy Rasanen; Ina Sarčević; Julien Serreau; D. K. Srivastava; H. Takai; S. Tapprogge; M. V. Tokarev; Irina Vardanyan; M. Werlen; P. Yepes
• Keywords: [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]; Nuclear Theory; FOS: Physical sciences; ddc:500.2; [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; 530; 01 natural sciences; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500.2; Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]; 0103 physical sciences; Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Experiment

Various pion and photon production mechanisms in high-energy nuclear collisions at RHIC LHC are discussed. Comparison with data is done whenever possible. The prospect of using electromagnetic probes to characterize quark-gluon plasma formation assessed...