https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4239-x
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Double vector meson production in photon–hadron interactions at hadronic colliders
1
Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
2
High and Medium Energy Group, Instituto de Física e Matemática, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Caixa Postal 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
3
Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
* e-mail: victor.goncalves@thep.lu.se
Received:
20
May
2016
Accepted:
28
June
2016
Published online:
9
July
2016
In this paper we analyze the double vector meson production in photon–hadron (
) interactions at pp / pA / AA collisions and present predictions for the 
, 
, and 
production considering the double scattering mechanism. We estimate the total cross sections and rapidity distributions at LHC energies and compare our results with the predictions for the double vector meson production in 
interactions at hadronic colliders. We present predictions for the different rapidity ranges probed by the ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb Collaborations. Our results demonstrate that the and production in PbPb collisions is dominated by the double-scattering mechanism, while the two-photon mechanism dominates in pp collisions. Moreover, our results indicate that the analysis of the production at LHC can be useful to constrain the double-scattering mechanism.
© The Author(s), 2016
