Central exclusive production of axial-vector $f_1$ mesons in proton-proton collisions

Abstract

The production of $f_1$ ($J^{PC}=1^{++}$) mesons in proton-proton collisions via pomeron-pomeron fusion is discussed. Two ways to construct the pomeron-pomeron-$f_1$ coupling are presented. Comparisons with data from the WA102 experiment are made and predictions for RHIC and LHC experiments are given.

Comments: 6 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of The 40th International Conference on High Energy physics - ICHEP2020, July 28 - August 6, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic (virtual meeting)