Cross sections and energy loss for lepton pair production in muon transport

We reevaluate electron-positron pair production from electromagnetic interactions of muons in transit through materials. Our approach, through the use of structure functions for inelastic and elastic scattering and including hadronic recoil, make the formalism useful for tau pair production at high...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2008-12
Main Authors: Bulmahn, A, Reno, M H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coherent scattering
Elastic scattering
Electromagnetic interactions
Energy dissipation
Inelastic scattering
Leptons
Muons
Nuclei (nuclear physics)
Pair production
Recoil
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Summary:We reevaluate electron-positron pair production from electromagnetic interactions of muons in transit through materials. Our approach, through the use of structure functions for inelastic and elastic scattering and including hadronic recoil, make the formalism useful for tau pair production at high energies. Our results for electron-positron pair production agree well with prior evaluations. Tau pair production, has a significant contribution from inelastic scattering in addition to the usual coherent scattering with the nucleus and scattering with atomic electrons.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0812.5008