Measurement of the cross-section ratio σψ(2S) /σJ/ψ(1S) in exclusive photoproduction at HERA

Abt, I. et al. (2022) Measurement of the cross-section ratio σψ(2S) /σJ/ψ(1S) in exclusive photoproduction at HERA. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(12), 164. (doi: 10.1007/JHEP12(2022)164)

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Abstract

The exclusive photoproduction reactions γp → J/ψ(1S)p and γp → ψ(2S)p have been measured at an ep centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 373 pb−1. The measurement was made in the kinematic range 30 < W < 180 GeV, Q2< 1 GeV2 and |t| < 1 GeV2, where W is the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy, Q2 is the photon virtuality and t is the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex. The decay channels used were J/ψ(1S) → μ+μ−, ψ(2S) → μ+μ− and ψ(2S) → J/ψ(1S)π+π− with subsequent decay J/ψ(1S) → μ+μ−. The ratio of the production cross sections, R = σψ(2S)/σJ/ψ(1S), has been measured as a function of W and |t| and compared to previous data in photoproduction and deep inelastic scattering and with predictions of QCD-inspired models of exclusive vector-meson production, which are in reasonable agreement with the data.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Skillicorn, Professor Ian and Bussey, Dr Peter
Authors: Abt, I., Adamus, M., Aggarwal, R., Aushev, V., Behnke, O., Bertolin, A., Bloch, I., Brock, I., Brook, N. H., Brugnera, R., Bruni, A., Bussey, P. J., Caldwell, A., Catterall, C. D., Chwastowski, J., Ciborowski, J., Ciesielski, R., Cooper-Sarkar, A. M., Corradi, M., Dementiev, R. K., Dusini, S., Ferrando, J., Foster, B., Gallo, E., Gangadharan, D., Garfagnini, A., Geiser, A., Grzelak, G., Gwenlan, C., Hochman, D., Jomhari, N. Z., Kadenko, I., Karshon, U., Kaur, P., Klanner, R., Klein, U., Korzhavina, I. A., Kovalchuk, N., Kuze, M., Levchenko, B. B., Levy, A., Löhr, B., Lohrmann, E., Longhin, A., Lorkowski, F., Makarenko, I., Malka, J., Masciocchi, S., Nagano, K., Nam, J. D., Onishchuk, Y., Paul, E., Pidhurskyi, I., Polini, A., Przybycień, M., Quintero, A., Rubinsky, I., Ruspa, M., Schneekloth, U., Schörner-Sadenius, T., Selyuzhenkov, I., Shchedrolosiev, M., Shcheglova, L. M., Skillicorn, I. O., Słomiński, W., Solano, A., Stanco, L., Stefaniuk, N., Surrow, B., Tokushuku, K., Tomaszewska, J., Trofymov, A., Turkot, O., Tymieniecka, T., Verbytskyi, A., Wan Abdullah, W. A. T., Wichmann, K., Wing, M., Yamada, S., Yamazaki, Y., Żarnecki, A. F., and Zenaiev, O.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of High Energy Physics
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1126-6708
ISSN (Online):1029-8479
Published Online:29 December 2022
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2022 The Authors
First Published:First published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2022(12)> 164
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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