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  • 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.]

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Номер статьи35
Число страниц28
ЖурналJournal of High Energy Physics
Том2020
Номер выпуска6
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 4 июн 2020

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Ядерная физика и физика высоких энергий

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