DOI

  • ALICE Collaboration

Cross sections for the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 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. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Article number35
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2020
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jun 2020

    Research areas

  • Heavy Ion Experiments, Heavy-ion collision, Particle and resonance production, SMALL-X, PHOTON, DISSOCIATION, MASS, MODEL, SATURATION, DEPENDENCE

    Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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