Probing the linear polarization of photons in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions
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✦ hep-ph
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asymmetriescollisionsheavylinearpolarizationultraperipheralapproximationazimuthal
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We propose to measure the linear polarization of the external electromagnetic fields of a relativistic heavy ion through azimuthal asymmetries in dilepton production in ultraperipheral collisions. The asymmetries estimated with the equivalent photon approximation are shown to be sizable.
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