Measurement Of Photoproduction Research Articles

Photoproduction of K^{+}K^{-} Pairs in Ultraperipheral Collisions.

K^{+}K^{-} pairs may be produced in photonuclear collisions, either from the decays of photoproduced ϕ(1020) mesons or directly as nonresonant K^{+}K^{-} pairs. Measurements of K^{+}K^{-} photoproduction probe the couplings between the ϕ(1020) and charged kaons with photons and nuclear targets. The kaon-proton scattering occurs at energies far above those available elsewhere. We present the first measurement of coherent photoproduction of K^{+}K^{-} pairs on lead ions in ultraperipheral collisions using the ALICE detector, including the first investigation of direct K^{+}K^{-} production. There is significant K^{+}K^{-} production at low transverse momentum, consistent with coherent photoproduction on lead targets. In the mass range 1.1<M_{KK}<1.4 GeV/c^{2} above the ϕ(1020) resonance, for rapidity |y_{KK}|<0.8 and p_{T,KK}<0.1 GeV/c, the measured coherent photoproduction cross section is dσ/dy=3.37±0.61(stat)±0.15(syst) mb. The center-of-mass energy per nucleon of the photon-nucleus (Pb) system W_{γPb,n} ranges from 33 to 188GeV, far higher than previous measurements on heavy-nucleus targets. The cross section is larger than expected for ϕ(1020) photoproduction alone. The mass spectrum is fit to a cocktail consisting of ϕ(1020) decays, direct K^{+}K^{-} photoproduction, and interference between the two. The confidence regions for the amplitude and relative phase angle for direct K^{+}K^{-} photoproduction are presented.

Object condensation for track building in a backward electron tagger at the EIC

At the Electron Ion Collider, quasi-real photoproduction measurements involve tracking scattered electrons at small angles relative to the beamline. These electrons act as effective beams of tagged almost-real photons, with a high flux compared to larger Q2 interactions. However, the proximity of the detector to the electron beam results in a very high flux of electrons from the bremsstrahlung process (about 10 electrons per 12 ns electron/ion bunch crossing over an area of approximately 100 cm2). Consequently, the tracking detector systems experience high occupancy. To address this, we propose using machine learning algorithms, specifically object condensation methods, which excel at track building in the quasi-real photon tagger. These algorithms achieve track finding efficiency of 95% or higher and purity of 90% or higher, even in the presence of noise and hit detection inefficiencies.

First study of the initial gluonic fluctuations using UPCs with ALICE

Incoherent and dissociative J/ψ photoproduction is sensitive to fluctuations of the gluonic structure of the target. Thus, the measurement of Jψ photoproduction of the colliding hadron sheds light on the initial state of QCD and provides important constraints on the initial conditions used in hydrodynamical models of heavy-ion collisions. The first measurement of the transverse momentum dependence of both coherent and incoherent Jψ photoproduction in ultraperipheral Pb–Pb collisions at midrapidity is presented. These new results provide, a clear indication of subnucleonic fluctuations of the lead target. We also present the new measurement of dissociative Jψ photoproduction cross section as a function of energy, in p–Pb collisions at forward rapidity. Dissociative results do not show any indication of saturation and agree with previous data.

Predictions for exclusive varUpsilon photoproduction in ultraperipheral {textrm{Pb}}+{textrm{Pb}} collisions at the LHC at next-to-leading order in perturbative QCD

We present predictions for the rapidity-differential cross sections of exclusive varUpsilon photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) of lead ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We work in the framework of collinear factorization at next-to-leading order (NLO) in perturbative QCD, modeling the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) through the Shuvaev transform of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs). Our direct NLO predictions depend significantly on nPDF uncertainties and on the choices of the factorization and renormalization scales, but to a much lesser degree on GPD modeling. To tame the scale dependence and to account for the fact that the NLO calculations generally underpredict the photoproduction measurements on protons, we also present alternative, data-driven predictions. In this approach the underlying photoproduction cross sections on lead are found by combining their nuclear modifications calculated at NLO with the measured photoproduction cross sections on protons. The data-driven strategy reduces the uncertainties associated with the scale choices, and essentially eliminates the effects of GPD modeling thereby leaving the cross sections sensitive mainly to the input nPDFs. Our estimates indicate that the process is measurable in {textrm{Pb}}+{textrm{Pb}} collisions at the LHC.

Exclusive photo- and electroproduction of excited light vector mesons via holographic model

In this paper, we study total and differential observables of electro- and photoproduction of light rho , omega and phi mesons as functions of the center-of-mass energy of the gamma p collision and momentum transfer squared |t|. The corresponding vector mesons wave functions have been computed in the framework of relativistic AdS/QCD holographic approach. A satisfactory description of all available data on ground-state rho (1S), omega (1S) and phi (1S) mesons production cross sections has been achieved in the color dipole picture. Finally, the key observables of excited rho (2S), omega (2S) and phi (2S) states production in gamma ^{(*)} p collisions have been presented here using a common wave function formalism. This study reveals a large theoretical uncertainty coming from the modeling of the partial dipole amplitude in the nonperturbative kinematical domain. Hence, the latter could benefit from future measurements of photoproduction of the excited states.

Gluon gravitational form factors of protons from charmonium photoproduction* *Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12065014, 12047501), the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu province, China (22JR5RA266). We acknowledge the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (21JR7RA201)

Inspired by the recent near-threshold photoproduction measurements, we discuss gluon gravitational form factors (GFFs) and internal properties of the proton. This work presents a complete analysis of the proton gluon GFFs connecting the gluon part of the energy-momentum tensor and the heavy quarkonium photoproduction. In particular, a global fitting of the differential and total cross section experimental data is used to determine the gluon GFFs as functions of the squared momentum transfer t. Combined with the quark contributions to the D-term form factor extracted from the deeply virtual Compton scattering experiment, the total D-term is obtained to investigate their applications in describing the proton mechanical properties. These studies provide a unique perspective on investigating the proton gluon GFFs and important information for enhancing QCD constraints on the gluon GFFs.

Measurement of exclusive vector meson photoproduction in pPb collisions with the CMS experiment

The exclusive photoproduction of vector mesons provides a unique opportunity to constrain the gluon distribution function within protons and nuclei. Measuring vector mesons of various masses over a wide range of rapidity and as a function of transverse momentum provides important information on the evolution of the gluon distribution within nuclei. A variety of measurements, including the exclusive J/ψ, ρ, and Υ meson production in pPb (at nucleonnucleon center of mass energies of 5.02 and 8.16 TeV) and PbPb (5.02 TeV) collisions, are presented as a function of squared transverse momentum and the photon-proton center of mass energy. Finally, compilations of these data and previous measurements are compared to various theoretical predictions.

Accessing glue through photoproduction measurements at GlueX

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Photo-production of the Higgs boson at the LHeC

As one category of vector boson fusion, photo-production is one important production mechanism at e-p colliders. A future e-p collider – Large Hadron-electron Collider (LHeC) has been discussed as a “Higgs factory” candidate where the Higgs boson produced via weak boson fusion (WBF) at the LHeC plays an important role in precision measurement of Yukawa couplings. On the other hand, a measurement of photo-production of the Higgs boson, if possible, might be complementary to the measurement of Higgs to di-photon partial decay width Γ(h→γγ). In this paper, we study the possibility of measuring this production process at the LHeC with the help of the photon PDFs published in recent years. This process has a clean final state without additional colored particles in the detectable region other than the decay products of the Higgs. We compute the cross sections of all related processes and find that the production rate is at the same order as the neutral current WBF production of Higgs boson with missing forward jets. However, a detailed phenomenological study of various Higgs decay channels shows that even in the most promising semi-leptonic WW channel, the feasibility of identifying such photo-production is negative due to an irreducible photo-production of W+W−.

Exclusive tensor meson photoproduction

We study tensor meson photoproduction outside of the resonance region, at beam energies of few GeVs. We build a model based on Regge theory that includes the leading vector and axial exchanges. We consider two determinations of the unknown helicity couplings, and fit to the recent a2 photoproduction data from CLAS. Both choices give a similar description of the a2 cross section, but result in different predictions for the parity asymmetries and the f2 photoproduction cross section. We conclude that new measurements of f2 photoproduction in the forward region are needed to pin down the correct production mechanism. We also extend our predictions to the 8.5 GeV beam energy, where current experiments are running.

Nuclear parton density functions from dijet photoproduction at the EIC

We study the potential of dijet photoproduction measurements at a future electron-ion collider (EIC) to better constrain our present knowledge of the nuclear parton distribution functions. Based on theoretical calculations at next-to-leading order and approximate next-to-next-to-leading order of perturbative QCD, we establish the kinematic reaches for three different EIC designs, the size of the parton density function modifications for four different light and heavy nuclei from He-4 over C-12 and Fe-56 to Pb-208 with respect to the free proton, and the improvement of EIC measurements with respect to current determinations from deep-inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan data alone and when also considering data from existing hadron colliders.

Two Recent Developments in QCD Spectroscopy

The presentation has two parts, the first, and main part, is devoted to the presentation of results fromthe first measurements of the production of Λ, Σ Ξ and Ω hyperons at large timelike momentutransfers of 13.6, 14.2 and 17.4 GeV/c2 made using e+e− annihilation data taken at the CESER election-positron collider at Cornell using the CLEOc detector. The measurements reveal interesting features of hyperon production systematics and timelike form factors, and provide evidence for diquark correlations in hyperon structure. The second part of the presentation is devoted to measurements of photoproduction of J/ψ near threshold energies, EG = 8 − 12 GeV, at the new photon physics facility, GlueX, at the Jefferson Laboratory. The first preliminary results are presented. These are expected to shed light on the gluon structure of protons, gluons which mediate the production of J/ψ in the reaction,γp → J/ψ → e+e−.

First measurement of coherent double neutral-pion photoproduction on the deuteron at incident energies below 0.9 GeV

The total cross sections were measured for coherent double neutral-pion photoproduction on the deuteron at incident energies below 0.9 GeV for the first time. No clear resonance-like behavior is observed in the excitation function for Wγd=2.38–2.61 GeV, where the d⁎(2380) dibaryon resonance observed at COSY is expected to appear. The measured excitation function is consistent with the existing theoretical calculation for this reaction. The upper limit of the total cross section is found to be 0.034 μb for the dibaryon resonance at Wγd=2.37 GeV (90% confidence level) in the γd→π0π0d reaction.

Studying thePc(4450)resonance inJ/ψphotoproduction off protons

A resonance-like structure, the P_c(4450), has recently been observed in the J/psi p spectrum by the LHCb collaboration. We discuss the feasibility of detecting this structure in J/psi photoproduction in the CLAS12 experiment at JLab. We present a first estimate of the upper limit for the branching ratio of the P_c(4450) to J/psi p. Our estimates, which take into account the experimental resolution effects, predict that it will be possible to observe a sizable cross section close to the J/psi production threshold and shed light on the P_c(4450) resonance in the future photoproduction measurements.

Data analysis techniques, differential cross sections, and spin density matrix elements for the reaction γp→ϕp

High-statistics measurements of differential cross sections and spin density matrix elements for the reaction γp→ϕp have been made using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. We cover center-of-mass energies (s) from 1.97 to 2.84 GeV, with an extensive coverage in the ϕ production angle. The high statistics of the data sample made it necessary to carefully account for the interplay between the ϕ natural lineshape and effects of the detector resolution, that are found to be comparable in magnitude. We study both the charged- (ϕ→K+K−) and neutral- (ϕ→KS0KL0) KK¯ decay modes of the ϕ. Further, for the charged mode, we differentiate between the cases where the final K− track is directly detected or its momentum reconstructed as the total missing momentum in the event. The two charged-mode topologies and the neutral-mode have different resolutions and are calibrated against each other. Extensive usage is made of kinematic fitting to improve the reconstructed ϕ mass resolution. Our final results are reported in 10- and mostly 30-MeV-wide s bins for the charged- and the neutral-modes, respectively. Possible effects from K+Λ* channels with pKK¯ final states are discussed. These present results constitute the most precise and extensive ϕ photoproduction measurements to date and in conjunction with the ω photoproduction results recently published by CLAS, will greatly improve our understanding of low energy vector meson photoproduction.29 MoreReceived 11 March 2014Corrected 23 June 2014DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.055208©2014 American Physical Society

Measurements of spin observables in pseudo-scalar meson photo-production using polarized neutrons in solid HD

A measurement of psuedo-scalar meson photo production from longitudinally polarized solid HD has been carried out with the CLAS at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jlab) with circularly and linearly polarized photon beams. Its aim is to measure a complete set of spin observables for the neutron simultaneously from the same experiment. As a polarized neutron, deutron in HD was used. Preliminary asymmetries are shown for the π− channel.

MEASUREMENTS OF SPIN OBSERVABLES IN PSEUDOSCALAR-MESON PHOTOPRODUCTION USING POLARIZED NEUTRONS IN SOLID HD

Psuedo-scalar meson photo production measurements have been carried out with longitudinally-polarized neutrons using the circularly and linearly polarized photon beams and the CLAS at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jlab). The experiment aims to obtain a complete set of spin observables on an efficient neutron target. Preliminary E asymmetries for the exclusive reaction, γ + n(p) → π- + p(p), selecting quasi free neutron kinematics are discussed.

The πρ cloud contribution to the ω width in nuclear matter

The width of the ω meson in cold nuclear matter is computed in a hadronic many-body approach, focusing on a detailed treatment of the medium modifications of intermediate πρ states. The π and ρ propagators are dressed by their self-energies in nuclear matter taken from previously constrained many-body calculations. The pion self-energy includes Nh and Δh excitations with short-range correlations, while the ρ self-energy incorporates the same dressing of its 2π cloud with a full 3-momentum dependence and vertex corrections, as well as direct resonance-hole excitations; both contributions were quantitatively fit to total photo-absorption spectra and πN→ρN scattering. Our calculations account for in-medium decays of type ωN→πN(⁎),ππN(Δ), and 2-body absorptions ωNN→NN(⁎),πNN. This causes deviations of the in-medium ω width from a linear behavior in density, with important contributions from spacelike ρ propagators. The ω width from the ρπ cloud may reach up to 200 MeV at normal nuclear matter density, with a moderate 3-momentum dependence. This largely resolves the discrepancy of linear T–ϱ approximations with the values deduced from nuclear photoproduction measurements.

Measurements of Heavy Flavour Photoproduction at HERA

Recent measurements of open charm and beauty photoproduction with the H1 and ZEUS detectors at the e±p-collider HERA are presented. These measurements reveal valuable details about the inner structure of the proton and the photon, the fragmentation of quarks into jets, and allow tests of perturbative QCD. Various experimental techniques were employed to identify and extract the heavy-quark signal. Their results are discussed, and compared to each other and to NLO QCD calculations. In addition the determination of charm fragmentation fractions is presented.

Coherent photoproduction of J/ψ at forward rapidity in Pb–Pb collisions with the ALICE detector

We present the measurement of coherent photoproduction of J/ψ at forward rapidity in Pb–Pb collisions with the ALICE detector at the LHC.