Exclusive production of $\rho$ meson in gamma-proton collisions: $d\sigma /dt$ and the role of helicity flip processes

Abstract

We calculate the differential cross section $d\sigma /dt$ for the diffractive photoproduction process $\gamma p\to \rho p$ and compare to recent data extracted by the CMS collaboration from ultraperipheral proton-lead collisions. Our model is based on two-gluon exchange in the nonperturbative domain. We take into account both helicity conserving and often neglected helicity-flip amplitudes in the $\gamma \to V$ transition. The letter can contribute at finite $t$. The shape of the differential cross section as well as the role of helicity flip processes is strongly related to the dependence of the unintegrated gluon distribution on transverse momenta in the nonperturbative region.

18 pages, 8 figures

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