  The STAR collaboration at RHIC is measuring the production of
electron-positron pairs at small impact parameters, larger than but already
close to the range, where the ions interact strongly with each other. We
calculate the total cross section, as well as, differential distributions of
the pair production process with the electromagnetic excitation of both ions in
a semiclassical approach and within a lowest order QED calculation. We compare
the distribution of electron and positron with the one coming from the cross
section calculation without restriction on impact parameter. Finally we give an
outlook of possible results at the LHC.
