Estimate of virtual photon polarization due to the intense magnetic field in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC energies

We present the first numerical calculation of the virtual photon polarization and assess the feasibility of measuring the polarization via the anisotropic decay γ⁎→μμ using the LHC-ALICE detector. In presence of intense magnetic fields generated in high-energy non-central heavy-ion collisions that e...

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Main Authors: Kento Kimura, Nicholas J. Benoit, Ken-Ichi Ishikawa, Chiho Nonaka, Kenta Shigaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Physics Letters B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269325000875
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