From the $\gamma \gamma \to p\bar{p}$ reaction to the production of $p\bar{p}$ pairs in ultraperipheral ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at the LHC

Abstract

In this paper we consider the production of proton-antiproton pairs in two-photon interactions in electron-positron and heavy-ion collisions. We try to understand the dependence of the total cross section on the photon-photon c.m. energy as well as corresponding angular distributions measured by the Belle Collaboration for the $\gamma \gamma \to p\bar{p}$ process. To understand the Belle data we include the proton-exchange, the $f_2(1270)$ and $f_2(1950)$ $s$-channel exchanges, as well as the hand-bag mechanism. The helicity amplitudes for the $\gamma \gamma \to f_2\to p\bar{p}$ process are written explicitly based on a Lagrangian approach. The parameters of vertex form factors are adjusted to the Belle data. Having described the angular distributions for the $\gamma \gamma \to p\bar{p}$ process we present first predictions for the ultraperipheral, ultrarelativistic, heavy-ion reaction ${}^{208}Pb{}^{208}Pb\to$ ${}^{208}Pb{}^{208}Pbp\bar{p}$. Both, the total cross section and several differential distributions for experimental cuts corresponding to the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb experiments are presented. We find the total cross section 100 $\mu$b for the ALICE cuts, 160 $\mu$b for the ATLAS cuts, 500 $\mu$b for the CMS cuts, and 104 $\mu$b taking into account the LHCb cuts. This opens a possibility to study the $\gamma \gamma \to p\bar{p}$ process at the LHC.

37 pages, 18 figures, 6 tables; v2 accepted for publication in PRD

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