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First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at √sNN = 5.44 TeV (2021)

ALICE Collaboration. (2021). First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at √sNN = 5.44 TeV. Physics Letters B, 820, Article 136481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136481

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: ALICE Collaboration

Lehti tai sarja: Physics Letters B

ISSN: 0370-2693

eISSN: 1873-2445

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Volyymi: 820

Artikkelinumero: 136481

Kustantaja: Elsevier BV

Julkaisumaa: Alankomaat

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136481

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77456

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.02581

Tiivistelmä

The first measurement of the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV is presented. This result, together with previous HERA γp data and γ–Pb measurements from ALICE, describes the atomic number (A) dependence of this process, which is particularly sensitive to nuclear shadowing effects and to the approach to the black-disc limit of QCD at a semi-hard scale. The cross section of the Xe+Xe→ρ0+Xe+Xe process, measured at midrapidity through the decay channel ρ0→π+π−, is found to be dσ/dy=131.5±5.6(stat.)−16.9+17.5(syst.) mb. The ratio of the continuum to resonant contributions for the production of pion pairs is also measured. In addition, the fraction of events accompanied by electromagnetic dissociation of either one or both colliding nuclei is reported. The dependence on A of cross section for the coherent ρ0 photoproduction at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon of the γA system of WγA,n=65 GeV is found to be consistent with a power-law behaviour σ(γA→ρ0A)∝Aα with a slope α=0.96±0.02(syst.). This slope signals important shadowing effects, but it is still far from the behaviour expected in the black-disc limit.

YSO-asiasanat: hiukkasfysiikka; ydinfysiikka

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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 2