Both good responses, a bit more background as to "why" the ask in the first place.
I saw another thread about teaming XP.. and am aware now of the massive penalties trying to group with a high level and "leech" xp from a rock so to speak (letting the high level nuke everything, meanwhile you get your "free" xp doing much of nothing), and discovered SWTOR has not made this possible.
Okay, fair enough.. so what other power level techniques are possible.. and voila - discovered if a player draws agro on a mob, they effectively "own" that mob, so get 100% of the xp and $. Well, hence the reason for the post. Ideally, I AOE some mobs and get initial threat, then the high level strikes them all down (ungrouped). The problem is, everything glances and dodges, hopefully you get the jist of it. I guess that escort of a higher level is only advantageous then for buffing/healing/defeating bosses?