Exclusive photoproduction of dileptons at high energies

Abstract

The exclusive photoproduction of lepton pairs on nucleon and nucleus target is investigated within the high energy color dipole approach, where the main physical quantity is the dipole-target elastic scattering amplitude that captures the main features of the dependence on atomic number A, on energy and on momentum transfer t. These calculations are input in predictions for electromagnetic interactions in pp and AA collisions to be measured at the LHC.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure and 1 table. Contribution to the proceedings of XXXVIII International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD2008). Hamburg, Germany, 15-20 September 200