From meson-nucleon scattering to vector mesons in nuclear matter

Abstract

We employ meson-nucleon scattering data to deduce the properties of the low-mass vector mesons in nuclear matter, and present results for the $\rho$ and $\omega$ in-medium spectral functions. The corresponding thermal emission rate for lepton pairs is also discussed.

Comments: Talk given at 28th International Workshop on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations, Hirschegg, Austria, 16-22 Jan. 2000