Systematic analysis of charmonium photoproduction
The available data on J/{Psi} photoproduction are analyzed in terms of pomeron exchange, two-gluon exchange and photon-gluon fusion models. Allowing the pomeron-quark interaction to be flavour-dependent and introducing both soft and hard pomerons it is possible to reproduce the data at {radical}s &g...
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Published in | Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 1427 - 1444 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Bristol
IOP Publishing
01.10.2004
Institute of Physics |
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Summary: | The available data on J/{Psi} photoproduction are analyzed in terms of pomeron exchange, two-gluon exchange and photon-gluon fusion models. Allowing the pomeron-quark interaction to be flavour-dependent and introducing both soft and hard pomerons it is possible to reproduce the data at {radical}s > 10 GeV and small |t|. The two-gluon exchange calculations indicate strong sensitivity to the gluon distribution function. The results obtained with the most modern MRST2001 and DL PDF reproduce the forward J/{Psi} photoproduction cross section at {radical}s > 10 GeV. The calculations with the photon-gluon fusion model and with MRST2001 and DL PDF are also in reasonable agreement with the data on the total J/{Psi} photoproduction cross section. However none of the models describe the data at {radical}s < 10 GeV or |t| {ge} 1 GeV{sup 2}. We attribute the J/{Psi} photoproduction at low energies and large |t| to a mechanism different from pomeron or two-gluon exchange. The authors consider that this might be the exchange of an axial vector trajectory that couples with the axial form factor of the nucleon. |
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Bibliography: | JLAB-THY-04-40; DOE/ER/40150-2974 USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US) AC05-84ER40150 |
ISSN: | 0954-3899 1361-6471 |
DOI: | 10.1088/0954-3899/30/10/009 |