Photoproduction of light vector mesons in Xe-Xe ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and the nuclear density of Xe-129

摘要

We make predictions for cross sections of rho and phi vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral Xe-Xe collisions at root s(NN) = 5.44 TeV. Analyzing the momentum transfer distribution of rho mesons in this process, we explore the feasibility of extracting the nuclear density of Xe-129, which is needed in searches for dark matter with Xenon-based detectors. (c) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.