Dimuonium $(\mu^+\mu^-)$ Production in a Quark-Gluon Plasma

Abstract

We study dimuonium $(\mu^+\mu^-)$ production in the quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy ion collisions. The production is controlled by the process $q\bar q\rightarrow (\mu^+\mu^-)g$, and the dimuonium motion in the plasma is described by a transport equation. While the electrodynamics dominated dimuonium yield is not high enough, the transverse energy distribution carries the information of the plasma at RHIC and LHC energies.