The intense photon fluxes of relativistic nuclei provide a possibility to study photonuclear and two-photon interactions in ultra-peripheral collisions (UPC) where the nuclei do not overlap and no strong nuclear interactions occur.
The study of such collisions provides information about the initial state of nuclei.
First ALICE results from the LHC Run 2 are presented for forward
exclusive \jpsi production in UPC, which is sensitive to the gluon distribution in nuclei.
The increased statistics and the higher collision energy allows for a more detailed study at
lower values of Bjorken-$x$.
The analysis of the $\gamma+A \rightarrow \rho^0+A$ process in UPC is a tool to test the so-called black disk regime,
where the target nucleus appears like a black disk and the total $\rho^0+A$ cross section reaches its limit.
ALICE reports new measurements of \rrho photoproduction cross sections in Pb-Pb UPC at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=5.02$ TeV
at mid-rapidity, which are compared to predictions.
Volume 314 -
The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP2017) -
Heavy Ion Physics (Parallel Session). Conveners: Ralf Averbeck; Raphael Granier de Cassagnac; Carlos Salgado. Scientific Secretary: Andrea Dainese.
Measurements of vector meson photoproduction with ALICE in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 5 . 02 TeV
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.314.0186
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