In the present talk, we report a recent investigation on photoproduction of the $gamma N to f_0(500)N$ within a framework of the effective Lagrangian. We include the nucleon resonances with pin $1/2$ in the $s$ channel. The coupling constants have been etermined by assuming that the decay process $N^* to (pipi)_{I=0,J=0}N$ can be regarded as $N^* to f_0(500) N$. We discuss the numerical results for the total cross sections and possible extension of the present work.
The pion scalar form factor along with all existing S-wave iso-scalar $pipi$-scattering phase shift data in the elastic region up to $1 {rm GeV}^2$ are applied for a determination of the $f_0(500)$ and $f_0(980)$ meson parameters $m_{f_0(500)}=(360pm33){rm MeV}$, $Gamma_{f_0(500)}=(587pm 85){rm MeV}$ and $m_{f_0(980)}=(957pm77) {rm MeV}$, $Gamma_{f_0(980)}=(164pm142){rm MeV}$ in a model independent way.
We evaluated recent CLAS Collaboration measurements for the $90^circ$ meson photoproduction off the nucleon using a tagged photon beam spanning the energy interval $s = 3 - 11$ GeV$^2$. The results are compared with the Quark Counting Rules predictions.
High-accuracy $Upsilon$-meson photoproduction data from EIC and EicC experiments will allow the measurement of the near-threshold total cross section of the reaction $gamma ptoUpsilon p$, from which the absolute value of the $Upsilon p$ scattering length, $|alpha_{Upsilon p}|$, can be extracted using a Vector-Meson Dominance model. For this evaluation, we used $Upsilon$-meson photoproduction quasi-data from the QCD approach (the production amplitude can be factorized in terms of gluonic generalized parton distributions and the quarkonium distribution amplitude). A comparative analysis of $|alpha_{Upsilon p}|$ with the recently determined scattering lengths for $omega p$, $phi p$, and $J/psi p$ using the A2, CLAS, and GlueX experimental data are performed. The role of the young vector-meson effect is evaluated.
We investigate the reaction mechanism of the $phi$-meson photoproduction off the proton target, i.e., $gamma ptophi p$, up to $sqrt{s}=2.8$ GeV. For this purpose, we employ an effective Lagrangian approach in the tree-level Born approximation, and we employ various experimental and theoretical inputs. As a theoretical setup, the vectorlike Pomeron ($C=+1$) is taken into account as a parameterized two-gluon exchange contribution. We also consider $f_1(1285)$ axial-vector-meson, ($pi,eta$) pseudoscalar-meson, and ($a_0,f_0$) scalar-meson exchanges in the $t$ channel, in addition to the experimentally confirmed nucleon resonances, such as $N^*(2000,5/2^+)$ and $N^*(2300,1/2^+)$, for the direct $phi$-meson radiations in the $s$ and $u$ channels. We provide numerical results for the total and differential cross sections as well as the spin-density matrices in the Gottfried-Jackson, Adair, and helicity frames. We observe that, together with the universally accepted pomeron contribution, the considered meson and nucleon-resonance contributions play significant roles in reproducing the experimental data for the forward and backward $phi$-meson scattering-angle regions, respectively, indicating the nontrivial interferences between mesonic and baryonic contributions.
Using the Gribov-Glauber model for photon-nucleus scattering and a generalization of the vector meson dominance model for the hadronic structure of the photon, we make predictions for the cross section of incoherent $rho$ photoproduction in Pb-Pb ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) in the Large Hadron Collider kinematics. We find that the effect of the inelastic nuclear shadowing is significant and leads to an additional 25% suppression of the incoherent cross section. Comparing our predictions to those of the STARlight Monte Carlo framework, we observe very significant differences.