Photoproduction of light vector mesons in Xe-Xe ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC and the nuclear density of Xe-129
arXiv:1803.07638 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.058
Abstract
We make predictions for cross sections of $Ï$ and $Ï$ vector meson photoproduction in ultraperipheral Xe-Xe collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.44$ TeV. Analyzing the momentum transfer distribution of $Ï$ mesons in this process, we explore the feasibility of extracting the nuclear density of $^{129}$Xe, which is needed in searches for dark matter with Xenon-based detectors.
8 pages, 4 figures. Final published version