Single- and double-scattering production of four muons in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider

We discuss production of two μ+μ− pairs in ultraperipheral ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at the LHC. We take into account electromagnetic (two-photon) double-scattering production and for a first time direct γγ production of four muons in one scattering. We study the unexplored process γγ→μ...

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Main Authors: Andreas van Hameren, Mariola Kłusek-Gawenda, Antoni Szczurek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317309218