Investigation of the background in coherent $$J/\psi$$ production at the EIC
- Central China Normal University, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Understanding fundamental properties of nucleons and nuclei are among the most important scientific goals of the next-generation machine, the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). With the unprecedented versatility provided by the EIC, it will provide answers to many standing puzzles and open questions in modern nuclear physics. One of the golden measurements at the EIC is coherent vector meson production in electron-nucleus (eA) scattering in order to obtain the spatial gluon density distribution in heavy nuclei. This requires the experiment to overcome an overwhelmingly large background arising from the incoherent diffractive production, where the nucleus mostly breaks up into fragments of particles in the far-forward direction close to the hadron beam rapidity. In this report, we systematically study the rejection of incoherent J/\psi production by vetoing products from the nuclear breakup - protons, neutrons, and photons, which is modeled with the BeAGLE event generator and the most up-to-date EIC Far-forward Interaction Region design.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1875731
- Journal Information:
- SciPost Physics Proceedings, Journal Name: SciPost Physics Proceedings Journal Issue: 8; ISSN 2666-4003
- Publisher:
- Stichting SciPostCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
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