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 differential cross section on virtual photon virtuality, Q^2, 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 GeV^2.