title: A particle-hole calculation for pion production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
abstract: A differential cross section for pi-meson production in peripheral heavy-ion collisions is formulated within the context of a particle-hole model in the Tamm-Dancoff approximation.  This is the first attempt at a fully quantum-mechanical particle-hole calculation for pion production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.  The particular reaction studied is an 16O projectile colliding with a 12C target at rest.  In the projectile we form a linear combination of isobar-hole states, with the possibility of a coherent isobar giant resonance.  The target can be excited to its giant M1 resonance (J pi = 1+, T = 1) at 15.11 MeV, or to its isobar analog neighbours, 12B at 13.4 MeV and 12N at 17.5 MeV.  The theory is compared to recent experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Idaho, Moscow 83843, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Norbury
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Deutchman
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D019471:Elementary Particle Interactions; D004601:Elementary Particles; D007477:Ions; D008433:Mathematics; D008651:Mesons; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009686:Nuclear Physics; D010100:Oxygen; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D002244:Carbon; D010100:Oxygen