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Threshold Photoproduction of J/ψ at GlueX

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1976143
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  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab uses a 12 GeV electron beam to produce tagged photons via coherent Bremsstrahlung. This linearly-polarized photon beam impinges on a liquid-hydrogen target contained within a hermetic detector with near-complete coverage by drift chambers and electromagnetic calorimeters. The available energy range is ideal to study J/? production close to threshold at 8.2 GeV, and the energy-dependence of the cross-section is very sensitive to the details of the production mechanism. The cross-section is also closely related to the s-channel production of the pentaquark resonances Pc+(4380) and Pc+(4450) observed by LHCb in J/?p systems. Taking advantage of the exclusivity of the reaction and the precise knowledge of the beam energy, the GlueX experiment achieves a fine mass resolution and a pure data sample. We will present preliminary results for the cross-section and an upper limit on the Pc+ ? J/?p branching fraction.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
1976143
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-18-2904; DOE/OR/23177-6287
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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