Photoproduction of light vector mesons in Xe–Xe ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and the nuclear density of Xe-129

V. Guzey; E. Kryshen; M. Zhalov

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.058

Physics Letters B (Jul 2018)

Photoproduction of light vector mesons in Xe–Xe ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and the nuclear density of Xe-129

V. Guzey,
E. Kryshen,
M. Zhalov

Affiliations

V. Guzey: National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), Gatchina, 188300, Russia; Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland; Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; Corresponding author at: National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), Gatchina, 188300, Russia.
E. Kryshen: National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), Gatchina, 188300, Russia
M. Zhalov: National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), Gatchina, 188300, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.058
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 782
pp. 251 – 255

Abstract

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We make predictions for cross sections of ρ and ϕ vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44TeV. Analyzing the momentum transfer distribution of ρ mesons in this process, we explore the feasibility of extracting the nuclear density of 129Xe, which is needed in searches for dark matter with Xenon-based detectors. Keywords: Ultraperipheral collisions, Vector meson photoproduction, Nuclear shadowing, Xenon target

Published in Physics Letters B

ISSN: 0370-2693 (Print); 1873-2445 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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