Predictions of the generalized Glauber model for the coherentρproduction at relativistic and ultrarelativistic energies

We calculate the rapidity distribution and the total cross section of coherent and incoherent ρ production in heavy ion ultraperipheral collisions at √sNN=130GeV using the generalized vector dominance model and the Gribov-Glauber approach. We find the coherent cross section of {ρ}-production σcoh=490mb compared to σcoh=370±170±80mb recently reported by the STAR collaboration at RHIC. The predicted cross section inside the acceptance of the experiment, $|y|<~1,$ agrees with the data within half a standard deviation. It is emphasized that measurements of the rapidity distribution will provide a much more stringent test of the used approach.