Vector meson production at HERA

Abstract

The rich experimental landscape of exclusive vector meson production at the high energy electron-proton collider HERA is reviewed, with emphasis on the transition from soft to hard diffraction and QCD interpretations.

Comments: Review presented at MESON 2008, 10th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interactions, Krakow, June 6-10, 2008, on behalf of the H1 and ZEUS Collaborations (7 pages, 7 fig., 38 ref.)