Exclusive glueball production in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions

TL;DR

This paper calculates and compares the production rates of glueball candidates in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions via photon-photon and double Pomeron exchange processes, offering new insights into glueball detection methods.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed comparison of glueball production cross sections in photon-photon and double Pomeron exchange channels at RHIC and LHC energies.

Findings

Photon-photon and double Pomeron exchange channels have comparable production rates.

Glueball production cross sections are quantified for RHIC and LHC energies.

Results suggest these channels are promising for glueball searches.

Abstract

The cross sections for the glueball candidates production in quasi-real photon-photon collisions and on central diffraction processes, i.e. double Pomeron exchange, in heavy ion interactions at RHIC and LHC are computed. The rates for these distinct production channels are compared and they may be a fruitful approach to the investigation of glueballs.