On a Missed Mechanism of Dielectron Production in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions

Abstract

We examine a new mechanism of $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ pair production in $NN$ collisions associated with the $NN$-decoupled dibaryon $d_1^{\star }$(1956) formation in the process $NN\to {\gamma }^{\star }{d}_1^{\star }$, where ${\gamma }^{\star }$ is the virtual photon which converts into a $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ pair. It is shown that a substantial excess of dielectron yields from $Ca+Ca$ and $C+C$ collisions at 1 GeV/A in the dielectron mass spectra in the region from 0.2 to 0.5 GeV/$c^2$ measured by the \textit{DLS Collaboration} as compared with calculated ones can be attributed to the contribution of this mechanism. A simple means for verification of the existence of such a mechanism is proposed.

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, Talk presented at MENU 2010, May 31-June 4, 2010. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA Subjects: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)