Coherent J/ψ photoproduction in hadronic heavy-ion collisions

Zha, W.; Klein, S. R.; Ma, R.; Ruan, L.; Todoroki, T.; Tang, Z.; Xu, Z.; Yang, C.; Yang, Q.; Yang, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.97.044910

Title: Coherent $J / ψ$ photoproduction in hadronic heavy-ion collisions

Journal Article · Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.044910· OSTI ID:1434001

Zha, W. ^[1]; Klein, S. R. ^[2]; Ma, R. ^[3]; Ruan, L. ^[3]; Todoroki, T. ^[3]; Tang, Z. ^[1]; Xu, Z. ^[4]; Yang, C. ^[5]; Yang, Q. ^[1]; Yang, S. ^[3]

Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Dept. of Modern Physics
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Shandong Univ., Jinan (China). Key Lab. of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE)
Shandong Univ., Jinan (China). Key Lab. of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation (MOE)

Significant excesses of J/ yield at very low transverse momentum (p_T < 0:3 GeV/c) were observed by the ALICE and STAR collaborations in peripheral hadronic A+A collisions. This is a Sign of coherent photoproduction of J/ψ in violent hadronic interactions. Theoretically, the photoproduction of J= in hadronic collisions raises questions about how spectator and non-spectator nucleons participate in the coherent reaction. We argue that the strong interactions in the overlapping region of incoming nuclei may disturb the coherent production, leaving room for different coupling assumptions. The destructive interference between photoproduction on ions moving in opposite directions also needs to be included. This letter presents calculations of J/ψ production from coherent photon-nucleus (γ+A → J/ψ +A) interactions in hadronic A+A collisions at RHIC and LHC energies with both nucleus and spectator coupling hypotheses. The integrated yield of coherent J/ψ as a function of centrality is found to be significantly different, especially towards central collisions, for different coupling scenarios. Differential distributions as a function of transverse momentum, azimuthal angle and rapidity in different centrality bins are also shown, and found to be more sensitive to the Pomeron coupling than to the photon coupling. Lastly, these predictions call for future experimental measurements to help better understand the coherent interaction in hadronic heavy-ion collisions.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AC-76SF00098

OSTI ID:: 1434001

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1433753

Report Number(s):: BNL-203544-2018-JAAM; PRVCAN; TRN: US1802348

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 97, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9985

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Country of Publication:: United States

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