J/Ψ photoproduction in peripheral AA collisions

The exclusive photoproduction of the heavy vector mesons J=Ψ is investigated in the context of peripheral lead-lead collisions for the energies available at the LHC, ps ¼ 2.76 TeV and sp ¼ 5.02 TeV. Using the light-cone color dipole formalism, the rapidity distribution was calculated in two centrali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gay Ducati, Maria Beatriz, Martins, Sony
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/172592
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172592
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aceleradores de partículas
Colisao de ions pesados
Fotoproducao de mesons
Mésons psi
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Sumario:The exclusive photoproduction of the heavy vector mesons J=Ψ is investigated in the context of peripheral lead-lead collisions for the energies available at the LHC, ps ¼ 2.76 TeV and sp ¼ 5.02 TeV. Using the light-cone color dipole formalism, the rapidity distribution was calculated in two centrality bins at 50%–70% and 70%–90% in order to evaluate its robustness in extrapolating down to a smaller impact parameter. A modified photon flux is introduced, without change in the photonuclear cross section in relation to the ultraperipheral (UPC) case. Results were obtained for the two regions analyzed, which presented a maximum difference of 27% in frontal rapidity for the two regions. Comparing the results for ps ¼ 2.76 TeV and ps ¼ 5.02 TeV, an increase was verified of approximately half the one obtained in the ultraperipheral regime in the central rapidity region.