RT Journal Article T1 Exclusive tensor meson photoproduction A1 Mathieu, Vincent A1 Pilloni, A. A1 Albaladejo, M. A1 Bibrzycki, Ł. A1 Celentano, A. A1 Fernández Ramírez, César A1 Szczepaniak, A. P. AB We study tensor meson photoproduction outside of the resonance region, at beam energies of a few GeVs. We build a model based on Regge theory that includes the leading vector and axial exchanges. We consider two determinations of the unknown helicity couplings and fit to the recent a 2 photoproduction data from CLAS. Both choices give a similar description of the a 2 cross section but result in different predictions for the parity asymmetries and the f 2 photoproduction cross section. We conclude that new measurements of f 2 photoproduction in the forward region are needed to pin down the correct production mechanism. We also extend our predictions to the 8.5 GeV beam energy, where current experiments are running. PB APS Physics SN 2470-0010 YR 2020 FD 2020-07-06 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7259 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7259 LA eng NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) NO Comunidad de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 27 abr 2025