364106 20260226232649.0 10.1103/rb78-nmcs doi 2469-9985 ISSN 1538-4497 ISSN 0556-2813 ISSN 1089-490X ISSN 2469-9993 ISSN 2470-0002 ISSN 10.15120/GSI-2026-00285 datacite_doi WOS:001579307100002 WOS GSI-2026-00285 English 530 2505.09348 arXiv Baker, J. D. 0009-0004-0826-3726 0 Corresponding author Photonuclear tomography in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions Woodbury, NY 2025 Inst. article DRIVER Output Types/Journal article DataCite Journal Article journal journal PUB:(DE-HGF)16 1772117839_1117701 PUB:(DE-HGF) ARTICLE BibTeX JOURNAL_ARTICLE ORCID Journal Article 0 EndNote Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. We present a theoretical investigation of photonuclear tomography as a novel technique for probing the internal structure of nuclei. In this approach, ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions (UPCs) serve as a source of intense fluxes of virtual photons, which induce coherent production of vector mesons. By analyzing the probabilities and cross sections of these photon-induced processes, we propose a methodology for reconstructing the spatial distribution of nucleons within the nucleus. Our framework provides a systematic way to access information on the nuclear geometry probed in UPCs, offering new opportunities for studies of nuclear structure using particle production as a probe. Numerical calculations for selected examples illustrate the feasibility and potential of this method. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612) G:(DE-HGF)POF4-612 POF4-612 POF IV 0 DFG project G:(GEPRIS)390831469 - EXC 2118: Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter (PRISMA+) (390831469) G:(GEPRIS)390831469 390831469 1 DFG project G:(GEPRIS)491382106 - Open-Access-Publikationskosten / 2025-2027 / GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (491382106) G:(GEPRIS)491382106 491382106 2 Dataset connected to CrossRef, Journals: repository.gsi.de theory no experiment theory work (theory) EXP:(DE-Ds200)theory-20200803 EXP:(DE-Ds200)no_experiment-20200803 EXP:(DE-Ds200)no_experiment-20200803 0 Bertulani, C. A. 0000-0002-4065-6237 1 Corresponding author Gonçalves, Victor P. 0000-0003-4943-9973 2 Corresponding author 10.1103/rb78-nmcs Vol. 112, no. 3, p. 034911 PERI:(DE-600)2844098-5 3 034911 Physical review / C 112 2025 2469-9985 http://repository.gsi.de/record/364106/files/rb78-nmcs.pdf OpenAccess http://repository.gsi.de/record/364106/files/rb78-nmcs.pdf?subformat=pdfa pdfa OpenAccess oai:repository.gsi.de:364106 openaire open_access OpenAPC driver VDB openCost dnbdelivery GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH I:(DE-Ds200)20121206GSI GSI 1 0000-0002-4065-6237 DE-HGF Forschungsbereich Materie Matter and the Universe G:(DE-HGF)POF4-610 G:(DE-HGF)POF4-612 G:(DE-HGF)POF4 G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600 G:(DE-HGF)POF Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory 0 2025 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0200 StatID SCOPUS 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0300 StatID Medline 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)1230 StatID Current Contents - Electronics and Telecommunications Collection 2025-01-06 Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0 LIC:(DE-HGF)CCBY4 HGFVOC DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0600 StatID Ebsco Academic Search 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)1150 StatID Current Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences 2025-01-06 WoS StatID:(DE-HGF)0113 StatID Science Citation Index Expanded 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0150 StatID Web of Science Core Collection 2025-01-06 IF < 5 StatID:(DE-HGF)9900 StatID 2025-01-06 OpenAccess StatID:(DE-HGF)0510 StatID Peer Review StatID:(DE-HGF)0030 StatID ASC 2025-01-06 JCR StatID:(DE-HGF)0100 StatID PHYS REV C : 2022 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0160 StatID Essential Science Indicators 2025-01-06 DBCoverage StatID:(DE-HGF)0199 StatID Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List 2025-01-06 APC keys set APC PC:(DE-HGF)0000 Local Funding APC PC:(DE-HGF)0001 DFG OA Publikationskosten APC PC:(DE-HGF)0002 TIB: American Physical Society 01.01.2025 APC PC:(DE-HGF)0133 no I:(DE-Ds200)EXM-20080818OR100 EXM ExtreMe Matter Institute, EMMI 0 FullTexts journal VDB I:(DE-Ds200)EXM-20080818OR100 UNRESTRICTED APC