The ALICE collaboration performed the first rapidity-differential measurement of J/psi coherent photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV. The J/psi is detected via its dimuon decay in the forward rapidity region (-4.0 < y < -2.5) for events where the hadronic activity is required to be minimal. The analysis is based on an event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 750 μb−1. The cross section for J/psi coherent production is presented in six rapidity bins. The results are compared with theoretical models for J/psi coherent photoproduction. These comparisons indicate that gluon shadowing effects play a role in the photoproduction process. The ratio of psi' to J/psi coherent photoproduction cross sections was measured and found to be consistent with that measured for photoproduction off protons.

Coherent J/ψ photoproduction at forward rapidity in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV

Cortese P.;Ramello L.;Sitta M.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

The ALICE collaboration performed the first rapidity-differential measurement of J/psi coherent photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV. The J/psi is detected via its dimuon decay in the forward rapidity region (-4.0 < y < -2.5) for events where the hadronic activity is required to be minimal. The analysis is based on an event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 750 μb−1. The cross section for J/psi coherent production is presented in six rapidity bins. The results are compared with theoretical models for J/psi coherent photoproduction. These comparisons indicate that gluon shadowing effects play a role in the photoproduction process. The ratio of psi' to J/psi coherent photoproduction cross sections was measured and found to be consistent with that measured for photoproduction off protons.
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