Exclusive vector meson production in heavy ion collisions

Authors :: Alan D. Martin
M. G. Ryskin
Valery A. Khoze
Source :: Journal of physics G : nuclear and particle physics, 2019, Vol.46(8), pp.085002 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: IOP Publishing, 2019.
Abstract: We discuss the salient features of exclusive vector meson production in heavy ion collisions at LHC energies. Special attention is paid to the space-time picture of the process. We account for both coherent and incoherent contributions. The explicit quantitative predictions are given for the $\rho$-meson differential cross section in lead-lead collisions in different kinematical configurations relevant for the LHCb and ALICE experiments.<br />Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, text, references and figures 5 and 6 improved

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