Meson Photoproduction Research Articles

Exclusive J/Ψ and Ψ(2s) photo-production as a probe of QCD low x evolution equations

We investigate photo-production of vector mesons J/Psi and Psi(2s), based on both HERA and LHC data, using 2 fits of unintegrated gluon distributions. The latter are subject to non-linear Balitsky-Kovchegov evolution (Kutak-Sapeta gluon; KS) and linear next-to-leading order Balitsky-Kuraev-Fadin-Lipatov evolution (Hentschinski-Sabio Vera-Salas; HSS gluon) respectively. Apart from extending previous studies to the case of radially excited charmonium Psi(2s), we further use an improved set of charmonium wave functions and provide an estimate of the uncertainties associated with the HSS gluon. While we observe that the difference between linear and non-linear evolution somehow diminishes and a clear distinction between both HSS and KS gluon is no longer possible using the currently available data-set, we find that the differences between both gluon distributions are enhanced for the ratio of the photo-production cross-sections of Psi(2s) and J/Psi vector mesons.

Photoproduction mechanism for charged reaction of K*A with nucleon

The photoproduction of vector meson K*(892) on the nucleon has been investigated in the framework of the effective Lagrangian model by utilizing the Feynman diagram of the lowest orders in calculating the transition amplitudes. Beside the Born and the contact terms, we consider the Σ*(1780) as an additional hyperon resonance alongside with the Σ*(1385) in the M-channel. It is found that the Σ*(1780) has remarkable effects in the backward scattering region where there are still discrepancies between the theoretical predictions and the experimental data.

Forward coherent ω and ϕ mesons production in the photonuclear reaction on nuclei

The differential cross sections of the forward coherent ω and ϕ mesons photoproduction from nuclei have been calculated using the Glauber model for the nuclear reaction. The measured cross section of the elementary reaction, i.e., γ N → ω(ϕ)N reaction, are used as input in the Glauber model. The experimentally determined free-space scattering parameters of these mesons have been used to evaluate the meson nucleus interactions. The sensitivity of the cross section to the Fermi-motion and short-range correlation of the nucleon in the nucleus are studied. The calculated results are compared with the measured cross sections.

Exclusive ϒ and ρ(770)0 photoproduction in pPb at [formula omitted] with CMS

The first measurements of exclusive ϒ and ρ(770)0 vector meson photoproduction with the CMS detector at LHC in ultraperipheral proton-lead collisions at sNN=5.02TeV are presented. The ϒ(1S) cross section, which has been measured in the dumuon channel, is consistent with the updated ZEUS ep results at HERA. A fit of function A(Wγp[GeV]/400)δ to the CMS pPb measurement together with HERA ep and LHCb pp data gives the δ value, consistent with J/ψ photoproduction results. The obtained result provides a new insight for low-x gluon distribution in protons in an energyrange previously less constrained. The cross section for exclusive photoproduction of ρ(770)0 has been measured where ρ(770)0 decays to two pions. The obtained pomeron slope parameter, α′ = 0.28 ± 0.11(stat) ± 0.12(syst)GeV−2, is consistent with the ZEUS result and with the Gribov-Regge theory expectation.

Double polarisation observables G and E and helicity dependent cross section for single π 0 photoproduction off proton and neutron at MAMI

Meson photoproduction, like other photon-induced reactions, allow to study the excitation spectra of the nucleons and, in combination with the use of polarised beam and/or target, allow to determine the properties of the nucleon resonances by accessing many different polarisation observables with great accuracy. The A2 Collaboration, located at the MAMI facility in Mainz, used elliptically polarised photons on longitudinally polarised proton and deuteron targets, for energies up to 1.6 GeV. From the experimental data, it was possible to extract the double polarisation observables E and G on single π 0 photoproduction off the proton and the neutron. New precise results on the helicity-dependent total and differential cross sections on the deuteron were collected too.

Nuclear form factor of xenon from photoproduction of vector mesons in Xe-Xe ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC

Using the Gribov-Glauber model for photon-nucleus scattering and a generalization of the vector meson dominance model for the hadronic structure of the photon, we calculate cross sections of light and heavy vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral Xe-Xe collisions at 5.44 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. Analyzing the momentum transfer distribution in this process, we examine the feasibility to extract the nuclear isoscalar form factor of Xe isotopes, which are needed in searches for dark matter with Xenon-based detectors.

Production of vector mesons in pentaquark state resonance channel in p-A ultraperipheral collisions * *Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11705076, 11975278, 11405222), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science (XDB34030301). This work is partly supported by HongLiu Support Funds for Excellent Youth Talents of Lanzhou University of Technology

Ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) of protons and nuclei are important for the study of the photoproduction of vector mesons and exotic states. The photoproduction of vector mesons in the pentaquark resonance channel in p- UPCs at the Relative Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and p- UPCs at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is investigated by employing the STARlight package. The cross sections of vector mesons via the pentaquark state resonance channel are obtained using the effective Lagrangian method. The pseudo-rapidity and rapidity distributions of and are given for p- UPCs at the RHIC and p- UPCs at the LHC. It is found that the RHIC is a better platform for discovering pentaquark states than the LHC. Moreover, is easier to identify than because the background of is weaker than that of in the t-channel at the RHIC.

Photoproduction of D¯0Λc+ within the Regge-plus-resonance model

${\overline{D}}^{0}$-meson photoproduction off the proton is studied at energies from the process threshold up to 20 GeV. The background part of the process is modeled within the Regge model with the help of ${\overline{D}}^{0}$-meson trajectories that are being exchanged in the $t$ channel or ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}}_{c}^{+}$-baryon trajectories exchanged in the $u$ channel. These contributions create cross sections which are smooth functions of energy. The introduction of exchanges of three hidden-charm pentaquarks with spin $1/2$ and $3/2$ in the $s$ channel then creates sharp peaks in the cross section predictions. In order to account for the finite size of the particles involved, we introduce hadron form factors. In analysis of model predictions with pseudoscalar and pseudovector couplings in the strong vertex, the contact term was shown to play a non-negligible role. A great merit of the proposed approach is its limited number of parameters that need to be adjusted as there are to this date no data available for this process. Being limited by the broken SU(4) symmetry and guided by other works that show their predictions of this process, we could adjust the parameters manually in order to provide at least qualitative results.

The cos 2\u03d5 azimuthal asymmetry in \u03c10 meson production in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions

We present a detailed study of vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions (UPCs). Using the dipole model, we develop a framework for the joint impact parameter and transverse momentum dependent cross sections. We compute the unpolarized cross section and cos 2ϕ azimuthal angular correlation for ρ0 photoproduction with ϕ defined as the angle between the ρ0’s transverse momentum and its decay product pion meson’s transverse momentum. Our result on unpolarized coherent differential cross section gives excellent description to the STAR experimental data. A first compari- son between theoretical calculation and experimental measurement on the cos 2ϕ azimuthal asymmetry, which results from the linearly polarized photons, is performed and reasonable agreement is reached. We find out the characteristic diffractive patterns at both RHIC and LHC energies and predict the impact parameter dependent cos 2ϕ azimuthal asymmetries for ρ0 photoproduction by considering UPCs and peripheral collisions. The future experimental measurements at RHIC and LHC relevant to our calculations will provide a tool to rigorously investigate the coherent and incoherent production of vector meson in UPCs, as well as to probe the nuclear structure in heavy ion collisions.

Photoproductions of f1(1285) and η′(958) from the analysis of CLAS data with the Primakoff effect at high energies

We investigate photoproduction of axial vector meson $f_1(1285)$ based on the CLAS experiment $\gamma p\to pf_1(1285)\to p\eta\pi^+\pi^-$ using the Regge model for $\rho^0+\omega$ exchanges. The combined analysis of $\gamma p\to p\eta'\to p\eta\pi^+\pi^-$ reaction including $\eta(1295)$ is accompanied to evaluate the decay mode $\eta(1295)\to \eta\pi^+\pi^-$ from the potential overlap with the $f_1$ reaction. The predominance of $\rho^0(770)$ exchange over the $\omega(782)$ with the coupling constant $\gamma\rho^0f_1$ extracted from the CLAS experiment leads to a good description of the measured cross sections for $f_1$, while the scale of the cross section is corrected by the branching fraction $\eta'\to\eta\pi^+\pi^-$, and $f_1\to\eta\pi^+\pi^-$, respectively. As an extension to study the nonmesonic production mechanism, the Primakoff effect by the virtual photon exchange is investigated in the exclusive reaction $\gamma p\to pf_1$ up to $\sqrt{s}\approx50$ GeV, finding that it plays a similar role to the Pomeron in the vector meson photoproduction at high energies. Such an unique role of the virtual photon exchange similar to the $f_1$ case is identified up to $\sqrt{s}\approx250$ GeV in the $\gamma p\to p\pi^0$ and $\gamma p\to p\eta$ as well as $\gamma p\to p\eta'$ reaction.

Moravcsik's theorem on complete sets of polarization observables reexamined

We revisit Moravcsik's theorem on the unique extraction of amplitudes from polarization observables, which has been originally published in 1985. The proof is (re-) written in a more formal and detailed way and the theorem is corrected for the special case of an odd number of amplitudes (this case was treated incorrectly in the original publication). Moravcsik's theorem, in the modified form, can be applied in principle to the extraction of an arbitrary number of $N$ helicity amplitudes. The uniqueness theorem is then applied to hadronic reactions involving particles with spin. The most basic example is Pion-Nucleon scattering ($N=2$), the first non-trivial example is pseudoscalar meson photoproduction ($N=4$) and the most technically involved case treated here is given by pseudoscalar meson electroproduction ($N=6$). The application of Moravcsik's theorem to electroproduction yields new results, which for the first time provide insights into the structure and content of complete sets for this particular process. The uniqueness-statements for the various reactions are compared and an attempt is made to recognize general patterns, which emerge under the application of the theorem.

Dynamics of Nuclear Cascades in the Photoproduction of Light Neutral Mesons

New experimental data on the multifragmentation of carbon nuclei that is initiated by the photoproduction of neutral pions and eta mesons are discussed. The novelty is associated with the exclusive character of the processes being studied, in which case a determination of partial meson-photoproduction reactions is followed by an analysis of complementary particles for coincidence. The experiment being discussed was performed by the GRAAL (GRenoble Accelerateur Anneau Laser) Collaboration in a beam of 500- to 1500-MeV Compton photons. The possibility of performing new experiments within the BGO-OD Collaboration (Bonn, Germany) is considered. A new method for studying the interaction of short-lived mesons with nuclei on the basis of detecting cascade recoil nucleons is proposed.

Possibility of observation of hidden-bottom pentaquark resonances in bottomonium photoproduction on protons and nuclei near threshold

We study the meson photoproduction on protons and nuclei at near-threshold center-of-mass energies below 11.4 GeV (or at the corresponding photon laboratory energies below 68.8 GeV). We calculate the absolute excitation functions for the nonresonant and resonant photoproduction of mesons off protons at incident photon laboratory energies of 63-68 GeV by considering direct ( ) and two-step ( , , ) production channels within different scenarios for the nonresonant total cross section of the elementary reaction and for branching ratios of the decays , , and . We also calculate an analogous function for the photoproduction of mesons on the 12C and 208Pb target nuclei in the near-threshold center-of-mass beam energy region of 9.0-11.4 GeV by considering the respective incoherent direct ( ) and two-step ( , , and , , ) ) production processes using a nuclear spectral function approach. We demonstrate that a detailed scan of the total photoproduction cross section on proton and nuclear targets in the near-threshold energy region in future high-precision experiments at the proposed high-luminosity electron-ion colliders EIC and EicC in the US and China should provide a definite result for or against the existence of the nonstrange hidden-bottom pentaquark states and ( =1, 2, 3) as well as clarify their decay rates.

Exclusive tensor meson photoproduction

We study tensor meson photoproduction outside of the resonance region, at beam energies of few GeVs. We build a model based on Regge theory that includes the leading vector and axial exchanges. We consider two determinations of the unknown helicity couplings, and fit to the recent a2 photoproduction data from CLAS. Both choices give a similar description of the a2 cross section, but result in different predictions for the parity asymmetries and the f2 photoproduction cross section. We conclude that new measurements of f2 photoproduction in the forward region are needed to pin down the correct production mechanism. We also extend our predictions to the 8.5 GeV beam energy, where current experiments are running.

Exclusive photoproduction of vector meson at next-to-leading order from color glass condensate * * Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11765005, 11947119, 11305040, 11847152, 11775097), the Fund of Science and Technology Department of Guizhou Province ([2018]1023, [2019]5653), the Education Department of Guizhou Province (KY[2017]004), Qian Kehe Platform Talents ([2017]5736-027), the National key research and development program of

The exclusive photoproduction of vector mesons ( and ) is investigated by considering the next-to-leading order corrections in the framework of the color glass condensate. We compare the next-to-leading order modified dipole amplitude with the HERA data, finding a good agreement. Our studies show that the from the leading order, running coupling, and collinearly improved next-to-leading order dipole amplitudes are 2.159, 1.097, and 0.932 for the elastic cross-section, and 2.056, 1.449, and 1.357 for the differential cross-section, respectively. The results indicate that the higher-order corrections contribute significantly to the vector meson productions, and the description of the experimental data is dramatically improved once the higher order corrections are included. We extend the next-to-leading order exclusive vector meson production model to LHC energies using the same parameters obtained from HERA. We find that our model provides a rather good description of the and data in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV and 13 TeV in LHCb experiments.

Coherent photoproduction of \u03c10 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt{{mathrm{s}}_{mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV

Cross sections for the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt{{mathrm{s}}_{mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV are reported. The measurements, which rely on the π+π− decay channel, are presented in three regions of rapidity covering the range |y| < 0.8. For each rapidity interval, cross sections are shown for different nuclear-breakup classes defined according to the presence of neutrons measured in the zero-degree calorimeters. The results are compared with predictions based on different models of nuclear shadowing. Finally, the observation of a coherently produced resonance-like structure with a mass around 1.7 GeV/c2 and a width of about 140 MeV/c2 is reported and compared with similar observations from other experiments.

Comparative analysis of ωp , ϕp , and J/ψp scattering lengths from A2, CLAS, and GlueX threshold measurements

The high accuracy $\phi $-meson photoproduction data from the CLAS experiment in Hall~B of Jefferson Laboratory allow us to determine the near-threshold total cross section of the $\gamma p\to\phi p$ reaction and use it for evaluating the $\phi p$ scattering length $\alpha_{\phi p}$. These data result in an absolute value of $|\alpha_{\phi p}| = (0.063\pm 0.010)$~fm, which is smaller than the typical hadron size. A comparative analysis of $\alpha_{\phi p}$ with the previously determined scattering lengths for $\omega p$ and $J/\psi p$ from the A2 and GlueX experiments is performed.

Exclusive vector meson photoproduction at high energies using the discrete BFKL approach

A phenomenological study of the exclusive vector meson photoproduction within the discrete BFKL approach is performed. We estimate the BFKL amplitude in terms of a discrete set of eigenfunctions and use the HERA [Formula: see text] data to constrain the free parameters of the model. As a consequence, we derive a parameter free prediction of the energy dependence of the exclusive vector meson cross section. We demonstrate that the HERA and LHCb data for the exclusive [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] photoproduction are quite well describe in a large energy range. However, the model overestimates the precise LHCb data for the smallest values of [Formula: see text], which can be interpreted as an indication of the onset of nonlinear (saturation) effects in the QCD dynamics.

The BGOOD experimental setup at ELSA

The BGOOD experiment at the ELSA facility in Bonn has been commissioned within the framework of an international collaboration. The experiment pursues a systematic investigation of non-strange and strange meson photoproduction, in particular t-channel processes at low momentum transfer. The setup uniquely combines a central almost 4pi acceptance BGO crystal calorimeter with a large aperture forward magnetic spectrometer providing excellent detection of both neutral and charged particles, complementary to other setups such as Crystal Barrel, Crystal Ball, LEPS and CLAS.

$D^{*}$-Meson Photoproduction off the Proton Target with the Regge Contribution

$D^{*}$-Meson Photoproduction off the Proton Target with the Regge Contribution