φElectro-production in Pomeron Exchange Model

Based on the Pomeron exchange model, elastic production of φ meson in electron-proton interaction is investigated with both linear and non-linear Pomeron trajectories. The numerical calculations of the differential cross section for e + p → e' + p+ φ are performed. The theoretical predictions show that the dependence of the differentialcross section on virtual photon virtuality, Q2, is of moderation, the change of the energy scale parameter so causes moderate effect on the differential cross section, and the linear trajectory is a good approximation to non-linearity of the Pomeron trajectory, in particular, at small momentum transfer region | t |≤ 0.2 GeV2.