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Abdennacer Hamdi

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arXiv2023

Dipion and dikaon photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE

High energy photons originating from the electromagnetic field of ultrarelativistic lead nuclei can interact with the other lead ion. These reactions are studied in the ultra-peripheral heavy ion collisions to probe the physics of strong interactions. The analysis of dipion and dikaon photoproduction was carried out using the ALICE 2015 Pb-Pb data at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}~=~5.02$ TeV, and 2017 Xe-Xe data at $\sqrt{s}~=~5.44$ TeV. We present the $ρ^0$ meson and direct $π^{+}π^{-}$ measurements, as well as the prospects of studying exclusive $K^{+}K^{-}$ photoproduction, with sensitivity towards higher dikaon invariant mass above the $ϕ(1020)$ threshold.

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arXiv2019

Search for exotic states in photoproduction at GlueX

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory that describes how hadrons are built from quarks and gluons via the strong interaction. Many predictions have been experimentally confirmed, but others remain under experimental investigation. Of particular interest is how gluonic excitations give rise to states with constituent glue. One class of such states are hybrid mesons that are predicted by theoretical models and Lattice QCD calculations. Searching for and understanding the nature of these states is a primary physics goal of the GlueX experiment at the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab in the US. We will give an overview of the experiment, and present the status of the search for a hybrid meson candidate, Y (2175). This work is supported by HGS-HIRe.

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