Exclusive heavy quark-pair production in ultraperipheral collisions
Result description
In this article, we study the fully differential observables of the exclusive production of heavy (charm and bottom) quark pairs in high-energy ultraperipheral pA and AA collisions. In these processes, the nucleus A serves as an efficient source of the photon flux, while the QCD interaction of the produced heavy-quark pair with the target (p or A) proceeds via an exchange of gluons in a color singlet state, described by the gluon Wigner distribution. The corresponding predictions for differential cross sections were obtained by using the dipole S matrix in the McLerran-Venugopalan saturation model with impact parameter dependence for the nucleus target, and its recent generalization, for the proton target. Prospects of experimental constraints on the gluon Wigner distribution in this class of reactions are discussed.
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exclusive heavy quark-pair production in ultraperipheral collisions
Original language description
In this article, we study the fully differential observables of the exclusive production of heavy (charm and bottom) quark pairs in high-energy ultraperipheral pA and AA collisions. In these processes, the nucleus A serves as an efficient source of the photon flux, while the QCD interaction of the produced heavy-quark pair with the target (p or A) proceeds via an exchange of gluons in a color singlet state, described by the gluon Wigner distribution. The corresponding predictions for differential cross sections were obtained by using the dipole S matrix in the McLerran-Venugopalan saturation model with impact parameter dependence for the nucleus target, and its recent generalization, for the proton target. Prospects of experimental constraints on the gluon Wigner distribution in this class of reactions are discussed.
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Classification
Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10303 - Particles and field physics
Result continuities
Project
LTT17018: Getting new knowledge of the microworld using the CERN infrastructure
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Physical Review D
ISSN
2470-0010
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Volume of the periodical
99
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
034016
UT code for WoS article
000459207600006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85062632144
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Particles and field physics
Year of implementation
2019