Institut für theoretische Physik Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Giessen, Germany, DE
Abstract:
Total and differential cross-sections for the production of free electron-positron pairs are calculated for the reactions Au79+ (10.8 GeV/u) on Cu29+, Ag47+ and Au79+. The methods used are the semiclassical approach and the solution of the time-dependent Dirac equation by a coupled channel method with free wavepakets describing the created fermions. The obtained total cross-sections are in good agreement with the experimental data. The differential cross-sections give informations about the correlation between the electron and positron. Received 21 December 1999 and Received in final form 6 March 2000