Measurement of the J/ψ photoproduction cross section over the full near-threshold kinematic region

Journal Article · Thu Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Physical Review. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.108.025201· OSTI ID:1993582

Adhikari, S. ^[1]; Afzal, F.; Akondi, C. S.; Albrecht, M.; Amaryan, M.; Arroyave, V.; Asaturyan, A.; Austregesilo, A.; Baldwin, Z.; Barbosa, F.; Barlow, J.; Barriga, E.; Barsotti, R.; Beattie, T. D.; Berdnikov, V. V.; Black, T.; Boeglin, W.; Briscoe, W. J.; Britton, T.; Brooks, W. K. ; Byer, D.; Chudakov, E.; Cole, P. L.; Cortes, O.; Crede, V.; Dalton, M. M.; Darulis, D.; Deur, A.; Dobbs, S.; Dolgolenko, A.; Dotel, R.; Dugger, M.; Dzhygadlo, R.; Ebersole, D.; Egiyan, H.; Erbora, T.; Eugenio, P.; Fabrizi, A.; Fanelli, C.; Fang, S.; Fegan, S.; Fitches, J.; Foda, A. M.; Furletov, S.; Gan, L.; Gao, H.; Gardner, A.; Gasparian, A.; Gleason, C.; Goetzen, K.; Goryachev, V. S.; Grube, B.; Guo, J.; Guo, L.; Hague, T. J.; Hakobyan, H.; Hernandez, J.; Hoffman, N. D.; Hornidge, D.; Hou, G.; Huber, G. M.; Hurck, P.; Hurley, A.; Imoehl, W.; Ireland, D. G.; Ito, M. M.; Jaegle, I.; Jarvis, N. S.; Jeske, T.; Jones, R. T.; Kakoyan, V.; Kalicy, G.; Khachatryan, V.; Khatchatryan, M.; Kourkoumelis, C.; LaDuke, A.; Larin, I.; Lawrence, D.; Lersch, D. I.; Li, H.; Li, W. B.; Liu, B.; Livingston, K.; Lolos, G. J.; Lorenti, L.; Lyubovitskij, V.; Mack, D.; Mahmood, A.; Martel, P. P.; Marukyan, H.; Matveev, V.; McCaughan, M.; McCracken, M.; Meyer, C. A.; Miskimen, R.; Mitchell, R. E.; Mizutani, K.; Neelamana, V.; Ng, L.; Nissen, E.; Orešić, S.; Ostrovidov, A. I.; Papandreou, Z.; Paudel, C.; Pedroni, R.; Pentchev, L.; Peters, K. J.; Prather, E.; Rakshit, S.; Reinhold, J.; Remington, A.; Ritchie, B. G.; Ritman, J.; Rodriguez, G.; Romanov, D.; Saldana, K.; Salgado, C.; Schadmand, S.; Schertz, A. M.; Scheuer, K.; Schick, A.; Schmidt, A.; Schumacher, R. A.; Schwiening, J.; Sharp, P.; Shen, X.; Shepherd, M. R.; Smith, A.; Smith, E. S.; Sober, D. I.; Somov, S.; Somov, A.; Stevens, J. R.; Strakovsky, I. I.; Sumner, B.; Suresh, K.; Tarasov, V. V.; Taylor, S.; Teymurazyan, A.; Thiel, A.; Viducic, T.; Whitlatch, T.; Wickramaarachchi, N.; Williams, M.; Wunderlich, Y.; Yu, B.; Zarling, J.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Zhou, X.; Zhou, J.; Zihlmann, B.

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1. Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); GlueX Collaboration et al.

Here, we report the total and differential cross sections for $$J/\psi$$ photoproduction with the large acceptance GlueX spectrometer for photon beam energies from the threshold at 8.2 GeV up to 11.44 GeV and over the full kinematic range of momentum transfer squared, $$t$$. Such coverage facilitates the extrapolation of the differential cross sections to the forward ($t = 0$) point beyond the physical region. The forward cross section is used by many theoretical models and plays an important role in understanding $$J/\psi$$ photoproduction and its relation to the $$J/\psi$$-proton interaction. These measurements of $$J/\psi$$ photoproduction near threshold are also crucial inputs to theoretical models that are used to study important aspects of the gluon structure of the proton, such as the gluon Generalized Parton Distribution (GPD) of the proton, the mass radius of the proton, and the trace anomaly contribution to the proton mass. We observe possible structures in the total cross section energy dependence and find evidence for contributions beyond gluon exchange in the differential cross section close to threshold, both of which are consistent with contributions from open-charm intermediate states.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• Contributing Organization: GlueX Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1993582
• Report Number(s): 2304.03845; DOE/OR/23177-6856; JLAB-PHY-23-3897
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 108; ISSN 2469-9985
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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