Associated vector meson and bound-free electron-positron pair photoproduction in ultraperipheral $PbPb$ collisions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2023-08-21 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
In this letter we analyze the associated production of a vector meson with the bound - free process in ultraperipheral collisions through the double scattering mechanism for the energy of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Such process is characterized by the presence of a meson and a positron in the final state and by a forward hydrogen - like ion with a distinct electric charge. We present our predictions for the total cross sections and rapidity distributions considering the rapidity ranges covered by the ALICE and LHCb detectors, which indicate that a future experimental analysis of the and final states is feasible.
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@article{arxiv.2308.09120,
title = {Associated vector meson and bound-free electron-positron pair photoproduction in ultraperipheral $PbPb$ collisions},
author = {Celsina N. Azevedo and Victor P. Goncalves and Bruno D. Moreira},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09120},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2306.05519