Naslov
Charmonium and e + e − pair photoproduction at mid-rapidity in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at sNN−−−−√=2.76 TeV

Autori
Abedev, B. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Planinić, Mirko ; ... ; Poljak, Nikola ; ... ; Simatović, Goran ; ... ; Šuša, Tatjana ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zyzak. M.

Izvornik
European physical journal C : particles and fields (1434-6044) 73 (2013); 2617-1

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
charmonium; heavy ion; e+e-; Pb-Pb; ALICE

Sažetak
The ALICE Collaboration at the LHC has measured the J/ψ and ψ′ photoproduction at mid-rapidity in ultra-peripheral Pb–Pb collisions at sNN−−− −√=2.76 TeV . The charmonium is identified via its leptonic decay for events where the hadronic activity is required to be minimal. The analysis is based on an event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 23 μb−1. The cross section for coherent and incoherent J/ψ production in the rapidity interval −0.9<y<0.9, are dσcohJ/ ψ/dy=2.38+0.34−0.24(sta+sys) mb and dσincJ/ ψ/dy=0.98+0.19−0.17(sta+sys) mb , respectively. The results are compared to theoretical models for J/ψ production and the coherent cross section is found to be in good agreement with those models incorporating moderate nuclear gluon shadowing at Bjorken-x around 10−3, such as EPS09 parametrization. In addition the cross section for the process γγ→e + e − has been measured and found to be in agreement with models implementing QED at leading order.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

Napomena
The ALICE Collaboration.

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