Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universit?t, Philosophenweg 19, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, DE Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany, DE
Abstract:
The mass spectrum is calculated for those dileptons which are produced in the early phase of a heavy ion collisions via the
direct production NN → l+l−X and via the Compton process GN → l+l−X with prompt gluons radiated in preceding NN interactions. Both mechanisms produce a mass spectrum which decreases steeply
with invariant mass of the l+l− pair and which is below the CERES data for Pb-Au collisions by about one order of magnitude.
Received: 1 December 1999 / Revised version: 18 February 2000