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K+K− photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: In ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) of relativistic heavy ions, photoproduction occurs when a photon emitted from one nucleus interacts with the other nucleus from the opposing beam, producing particles in the final state. Measurements of KK photoproduction probe interactions and couplings between the phi (1020) and charged kaons with photons and nuclear targets. We report the exclusive KK photoproduction cross section at midrapidity in Pb–Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV, which is measured for the first time in UPCs.

Source: Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Physics of Ultra Peripheral Collisions

DOI: 10.17161/4j009971

Author: Minjung Kim

Institutions: Stony Brook University, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4408326553

FWCI: 4.882

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