Vector meson photoproduction in ALICE at the LHC

Abstract

Ultra-peripheral collisions (UPC) of heavy ions provide unique opportunity to study vector meson (VM) photoproduction in ALICE. The recent results of analyses of coherent ρ0 photoproduction cross sections in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe UPC at sNN=5.02 and 5.44 TeV, respectively are presented. Moreover, rapidity and |t| dependence of coherent J/ψ and rapidity dependence of ψ′ photoproduction cross section in Pb-Pb UPC at sNN=5.02TeV are shown. The most recent J/ψ photoproduction and exclusive dimuon cross section studies in p-Pb collisions at sNN=8.16TeV as well as perspectives for future measurements in Run 3 are also discussed in this paper.