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Coherent diffractive photoproduction of $\rho^{0}$ mesons on gold nuclei at RHIC

Evan Finch et al.Feb 24, 2017
The STAR Collaboration reports on the photoproduction of $\pi^+\pi^-$ pairsin gold-gold collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV/nucleon-pair.These pion pairs are produced when a nearly-real photon emitted by one ionscatters from the other ion. We fit the $\pi^+\pi^-$ invariant mass spectrum with a combination of $\rho$and $\omega$ resonances and a direct $\pi^+\pi^-$ continuum. This is the firstobservation of the $\omega$ in ultra-peripheral collisions, and the firstmeasurement of $\rho-\omega$ interference at energies where photoproduction isdominated by Pomeron exchange. The $\omega$ amplitude is consistent with themeasured $\gamma p\rightarrow \omega p$ cross section, a classical Glaubercalculation and the $\omega\rightarrow\pi^+\pi^-$ branching ratio. The $\omega$phase angle is similar to that observed at much lower energies, showing thatthe $\rho-\omega$ phase difference does not depend significantly on photonenergy. The $\rho^0$ differential cross section $d\sigma/dt$ exhibits a cleardiffraction pattern, compatible with scattering from a gold nucleus, with 2minima visible. The positions of the diffractive minima agree better with thepredictions of a quantum Glauber calculation that does not include nuclearshadowing than with a calculation that does include shadowing.
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