Vector meson photoproduction with a linearly polarized beam

Abstract

We propose a model based on Regge theory to describe photoproduction of light vector mesons. We fit the SLAC data and make predictions for the energy and momentum-transfer dependence of the spin-density matrix elements in photoproduction of ω, ρ0 and φ mesons at Eγ∼8.5 GeV, which are soon to be measured at Jefferson Lab.