Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: The effects of magnetic interaction between vector mesons and nucleons on the propagation (mass and width) of the \ensuremath{\rho} meson, in particular moving through very dense nuclear matter, is studied and the modifications, qualitative and quantitative, due to the relevant collective modes (zero-sound and plasma frequencies) of the medium discussed. It is shown that the \ensuremath{\rho} mesons produced in high-energy nuclear collisions will be on the verge of instability in the region of sufficiently dense nuclear matter, in the presence of such an interaction. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
Source: Physical Review C
Institution: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2159735952