Title: Photon-odderon interference in exclusive χ c charmonium production at the Electron-Ion Collider

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.

Exclusive C = + 1 scalar, axial-vector, and tensor quarkonium production in high-energy electron-proton scattering requires a C -odd t -channel exchange of a photon or a three-gluon ladder. We derive the expressions for the corresponding amplitudes. The relative phase of the photon vs three-gluon exchange amplitudes is determined by the sign of the light-front matrix element of the eikonal color current operator d a b c J + a J + b J + c at moderate x , and is not affected by small- x QCD evolution. Model calculations predict constructive interference, which is particularly strong for momentum transfer | t | ∼ 1     GeV 2 where the cross section for χ c J production exceeds that for pure photon exchange by up to a factor of 4. Exclusive χ c J electroproduction at the high luminosity Electron-Ion Collider occurs with well measurable rates and measurements of these processes should find evidence for the perturbative odderon exchange. We also compute the total electroproduction cross section as a function of energy and provide first estimates of the number of χ c J events per month at the Electron-Ion Collider design luminosity. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Research Organization:
Baruch College, New York, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Croatian Science Foundation; Polish National Science Centre; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0002307
OSTI ID:
2404591
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 110; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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