Physical Review C · 2000 · 83 citations · 21 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsNuclear PhysicsParticle PhysicsTheoretical PhysicsHadron PhysicsHeavy-ion PhysicsMeson PhysicsScattering ProcessesScattering TheoryStrong InteractionCharm DecaysHadron ScatteringHadronic DecaysHadronic ScatteringHeavy Meson PhysicsInvariant MassRelativistic Heavy-ion CollisionsScattering Cross Sections
The scattering cross sections of charm mesons with hadrons such as the pion, rho meson, and nucleon are studied in an effective Lagrangian. In heavy ion collisions, rescattering of produced charm mesons by hadrons affects the invariant mass spectra of both charm meson pairs and dileptons resulting from their decays. These effects are estimated for heavy ion collisions at Super Proton Synchrotron energies and are found to be significant.
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