Electroproduction of Light Vector Mesons

TL;DR

This paper analyzes light vector meson photoproduction at small Bjorken x using generalized parton distributions, achieving results consistent with experimental data on cross sections and spin density matrix elements.

Contribution

It provides a GPD-based analysis of light vector meson photoproduction, aligning theoretical predictions with experimental observations.

Findings

Cross section results agree with experiments

Spin density matrix elements match observed data

Validates GPD approach for meson photoproduction

Abstract

An analysis of light vector meson photoproduction at small Bjorken $x \leq 0.2$ is done on the basis of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs). Our results on the cross section and spin density matrix elements (SDME) are in good agreement with experiments.