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 make predictions for the cross section of incoherent ρ photoproduction in Pb-Pb ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) in the Large Hadron Collider kinematics. We find that the effect of the inelastic nuclear shadowing is significant and leads to an additional 25% suppression of the incoherent cross section. Comparing our predictions to those of the STARlight Monte Carlo framework, we observe very significant differences.
@article{arxiv.2002.09683,
title = {Incoherent $\rho$ meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral nuclear collisions at the LHC},
author = {V. Guzey and E. Kryshen and M. Zhalov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.09683},
year = {2020}
}
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10 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. Final published version