Probing the Gluonic Structure of the Deuteron with J/ψ Photoproduction in d + Au Ultraperipheral Collisions

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.122303" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.122303</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.122303" target="_blank" >10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.122303</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Probing the Gluonic Structure of the Deuteron with J/ψ Photoproduction in d + Au Ultraperipheral Collisions

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Understanding gluon density distributions and how they are modified in nuclei are among the most important goals in nuclear physics. In recent years, diffractive vector meson production measured in ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) at heavy-ion colliders has provided a new tool for probing the gluon density. In this Letter, we report the first measurement of J/psi photoproduction off the deuteron in UPCs at the center-of-mass energy root S-NN = 200 GeV in d + Au collisions. The differential cross section as a function of momentum transfer -t is measured. In addition, data with a neutron tagged in the deuteron-going zero-degree calorimeter is investigated for the first time, which is found to be consistent with the expectation of incoherent diffractive scattering at low momentum transfer. Theoretical predictions based on the color glass condensate saturation model and the leading twist approximation nuclear shadowing model are compared with the data quantitatively. A better agreement with the saturation model has been observed. With the current measurement, the results are found to be directly sensitive to the gluon density distribution of the deuteron and the deuteron breakup process, which provides insights into the nuclear gluonic structure.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Probing the Gluonic Structure of the Deuteron with J/ψ Photoproduction in d + Au Ultraperipheral Collisions

Popis výsledku anglicky

Understanding gluon density distributions and how they are modified in nuclei are among the most important goals in nuclear physics. In recent years, diffractive vector meson production measured in ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) at heavy-ion colliders has provided a new tool for probing the gluon density. In this Letter, we report the first measurement of J/psi photoproduction off the deuteron in UPCs at the center-of-mass energy root S-NN = 200 GeV in d + Au collisions. The differential cross section as a function of momentum transfer -t is measured. In addition, data with a neutron tagged in the deuteron-going zero-degree calorimeter is investigated for the first time, which is found to be consistent with the expectation of incoherent diffractive scattering at low momentum transfer. Theoretical predictions based on the color glass condensate saturation model and the leading twist approximation nuclear shadowing model are compared with the data quantitatively. A better agreement with the saturation model has been observed. With the current measurement, the results are found to be directly sensitive to the gluon density distribution of the deuteron and the deuteron breakup process, which provides insights into the nuclear gluonic structure.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10303 - Particles and field physics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LTT18002" target="_blank" >LTT18002: Studium nových vlastností jaderné hmoty v mezinárodním experimentu STAR</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Physical Review Letters

ISSN

0031-9007

e-ISSN

1079-7114

Svazek periodika

128

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

12

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

122303

Kód UT WoS článku

000786542500002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85127551248