First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV

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First measurement of coherent ρ⁰ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at s_NN=5.44 TeV. / ALICE Collaboration.

In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 820, 136481, 01.09.2021.

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ALICE Collaboration. / First measurement of coherent ρ⁰ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at s_NN=5.44 TeV. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2021 ; Vol. 820.

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title = "First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV",

abstract = "The first measurement of the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV is presented. This result, together with previous HERA γp data and γ–Pb measurements from ALICE, describes the atomic number (A) dependence of this process, which is particularly sensitive to nuclear shadowing effects and to the approach to the black-disc limit of QCD at a semi-hard scale. The cross section of the Xe+Xe→ρ0+Xe+Xe process, measured at midrapidity through the decay channel ρ0→π+π−, is found to be dσ/dy=131.5±5.6(stat.)−16.9+17.5(syst.) mb. The ratio of the continuum to resonant contributions for the production of pion pairs is also measured. In addition, the fraction of events accompanied by electromagnetic dissociation of either one or both colliding nuclei is reported. The dependence on A of cross section for the coherent ρ0 photoproduction at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon of the γA system of WγA,n=65 GeV is found to be consistent with a power-law behaviour σ(γA→ρ0A)∝Aα with a slope α=0.96±0.02(syst.). This slope signals important shadowing effects, but it is still far from the behaviour expected in the black-disc limit.",

keywords = "ULTRAPERIPHERAL COLLISIONS, DEPENDENCE, SATURATION, DENSITY, MODEL, MASS, HOT",

author = "{ALICE Collaboration} and S. Acharya and D. Adamov{\'a} and A. Adler and J. Adolfsson and {Aglieri Rinella}, G. and M. Agnello and N. Agrawal and Z. Ahammed and S. Ahmad and Ahn, {S. U.} and Z. Akbar and A. Akindinov and M. Al-Turany and Albuquerque, {D. S.D.} and D. Aleksandrov and B. Alessandro and Alfanda, {H. M.} and {Alfaro Molina}, R. and B. Ali and Y. Ali and A. Alici and N. Alizadehvandchali and A. Alkin and J. Alme and T. Alt and L. Altenkamper and I. Altsybeev and Anaam, {M. N.} and C. Andrei and D. Andreou and A. Andronic and V. Anguelov and T. Anti{\v c}i{\'c} and F. Antinori and P. Antonioli and C. Anuj and N. Apadula and L. Aphecetche and H. Appelsh{\"a}user and S. Arcelli and R. Arnaldi and S. Belokurova and A. Erokhin and G. Feofilov and V. Kovalenko and T. Lazareva and D. Nesterov and V. Vechernin and A. Zarochentsev and V. Zherebchevskii",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 European Organization for Nuclear Research",

year = "2021",

month = sep,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136481",

language = "English",

volume = "820",

journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",

issn = "0370-2693",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - First measurement of coherent ρ0 photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV

AU - ALICE Collaboration

AU - Acharya, S.

AU - Adamová, D.

AU - Adler, A.

AU - Adolfsson, J.

AU - Aglieri Rinella, G.

AU - Agnello, M.

AU - Agrawal, N.

AU - Ahammed, Z.

AU - Ahmad, S.

AU - Ahn, S. U.

AU - Akbar, Z.

AU - Akindinov, A.

AU - Al-Turany, M.

AU - Albuquerque, D. S.D.

AU - Aleksandrov, D.

AU - Alessandro, B.

AU - Alfanda, H. M.

AU - Alfaro Molina, R.

AU - Ali, B.

AU - Ali, Y.

AU - Alici, A.

AU - Alizadehvandchali, N.

AU - Alkin, A.

AU - Alme, J.

AU - Alt, T.

AU - Altenkamper, L.

AU - Altsybeev, I.

AU - Anaam, M. N.

AU - Andrei, C.

AU - Andreou, D.

AU - Andronic, A.

AU - Anguelov, V.

AU - Antičić, T.

AU - Antinori, F.

AU - Antonioli, P.

AU - Anuj, C.

AU - Apadula, N.

AU - Aphecetche, L.

AU - Appelshäuser, H.

AU - Arcelli, S.

AU - Arnaldi, R.

AU - Belokurova, S.

AU - Erokhin, A.

AU - Feofilov, G.

AU - Kovalenko, V.

AU - Lazareva, T.

AU - Nesterov, D.

AU - Vechernin, V.

AU - Zarochentsev, A.

AU - Zherebchevskii, V.

PY - 2021/9/1

Y1 - 2021/9/1

N2 - The first measurement of the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV is presented. This result, together with previous HERA γp data and γ–Pb measurements from ALICE, describes the atomic number (A) dependence of this process, which is particularly sensitive to nuclear shadowing effects and to the approach to the black-disc limit of QCD at a semi-hard scale. The cross section of the Xe+Xe→ρ0+Xe+Xe process, measured at midrapidity through the decay channel ρ0→π+π−, is found to be dσ/dy=131.5±5.6(stat.)−16.9+17.5(syst.) mb. The ratio of the continuum to resonant contributions for the production of pion pairs is also measured. In addition, the fraction of events accompanied by electromagnetic dissociation of either one or both colliding nuclei is reported. The dependence on A of cross section for the coherent ρ0 photoproduction at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon of the γA system of WγA,n=65 GeV is found to be consistent with a power-law behaviour σ(γA→ρ0A)∝Aα with a slope α=0.96±0.02(syst.). This slope signals important shadowing effects, but it is still far from the behaviour expected in the black-disc limit.

AB - The first measurement of the coherent photoproduction of ρ0 vector mesons in ultra-peripheral Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV is presented. This result, together with previous HERA γp data and γ–Pb measurements from ALICE, describes the atomic number (A) dependence of this process, which is particularly sensitive to nuclear shadowing effects and to the approach to the black-disc limit of QCD at a semi-hard scale. The cross section of the Xe+Xe→ρ0+Xe+Xe process, measured at midrapidity through the decay channel ρ0→π+π−, is found to be dσ/dy=131.5±5.6(stat.)−16.9+17.5(syst.) mb. The ratio of the continuum to resonant contributions for the production of pion pairs is also measured. In addition, the fraction of events accompanied by electromagnetic dissociation of either one or both colliding nuclei is reported. The dependence on A of cross section for the coherent ρ0 photoproduction at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon of the γA system of WγA,n=65 GeV is found to be consistent with a power-law behaviour σ(γA→ρ0A)∝Aα with a slope α=0.96±0.02(syst.). This slope signals important shadowing effects, but it is still far from the behaviour expected in the black-disc limit.

KW - ULTRAPERIPHERAL COLLISIONS

KW - DEPENDENCE

KW - SATURATION

KW - DENSITY

KW - MODEL

KW - MASS

KW - HOT

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111237259&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136481

DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136481

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85111237259

VL - 820

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

SN - 0370-2693

M1 - 136481

ER -

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