Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2017) 132: 61
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11329-8

Regular Article

Positron production in collision of heavy nuclei

Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Nab., 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

^* e-mail: khios231@mail.ru

Received: 2 December 2016
Accepted: 3 January 2017
Published online: 2 February 2017

Abstract

We consider the electromagnetic production of positron in the collision of slow heavy nuclei, with the simultaneously produced electron captured by one of the nuclei. The cross-section of the discussed process exceeds essentially the cross-section of production.