Published June 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Elastic and proton-dissociative photoproduction of J/ψ mesons at HERA

Creators

  • 1. National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (NIPNE), Bucharest (Romania)
  • 2. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan (Armenia)
  • 4. DESY, Hamburg (Germany)
  • 5. Institute of Physics and Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
  • 6. Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, LLR, Palaiseau (France)
  • 7. University of Belgrade, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia)
  • 8. Oxford University, Department of Physics, Oxford (United Kingdom)
  • 9. Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, LAL, Orsay (France)
  • 10. Universitaet Heidelberg, Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 11. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 12. CINVESTAV, Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Merida, Yucatan (Mexico)
  • 13. Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen (Belgium)
  • 14. Inter-University Institute for High Energies ULB-VUB, Brussels (Belgium)
  • 15. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Praha (Czech Republic)
  • 16. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Muenchen (Germany)
  • 17. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Physics, Praha (Czech Republic)
  • 18. University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
  • 19. Universitaet Wuppertal, Fachbereich C, Wuppertal (Germany)
  • 20. Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille (France)
  • 21. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 22. Universitaet Hamburg, Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Hamburg (Germany)
  • 23. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen (Switzerland)
  • 24. CE-Saclay, CEA, DSM/Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 25. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice (Slovakia)
  • 26. Institute for Nuclear Physics, Cracow (Poland)
  • 27. ETH, Institut fuer Teilchenphysik, Zuerich (Switzerland)
  • 28. University of Lancaster, Department of Physics, Lancaster (United Kingdom)
  • 29. Universitaet Heidelberg, Kirchhoff-Institut fuer Physik, Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 30. CINVESTAV IPN, Departamento de Fisica, Mexico City (Mexico)
  • 31. DESY, Zeuthen (Germany)
  • 32. University of Lund, Physics Department, Lund (Sweden)
  • 33. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 34. Queen Mary, University of London, School of Physics and Astronomy, London (United Kingdom)
  • 35. I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH, Aachen (Germany)
  • 36. STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
  • 37. Physik-Institut der Universitaet Zuerich, Zuerich (Switzerland)
  • 38. University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
  • 39. University of Montenegro, Faculty of Science, Podgorica (Montenegro)
  • 40. INFN Roma 3, Dipartimento di Fisica, Roma (IT)
  • 41. Universita di Roma Tre (IT)
  • 42. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Praha (CZ)
  • 43. Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen (BE)
  • 44. Inter-University Institute for High Energies ULB-VUB, Brussels (BE)
  • 45. Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia (BG)
  • 46. TU Dortmund, Institut fuer Physik, Dortmund (DE)

Description

Cross sections for elastic and proton-dissociative photoproduction of J/ψ mesons are measured with the H1 detector in positron-proton collisions at HERA. The data were collected at ep centre-of-mass energies √(s) ∼ 318 GeV and √(s) ∼ 225 GeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of L = 130 pb-1 and L = 10.8 pb-1, respectively. The cross sections are measured as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy in the range 25 < Wγp < 110 GeV. Differential cross sections d σ/dt, where t is the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex, are measured in the range vertical stroke t vertical stroke < 1.2 GeV2 for the elastic process and vertical stroke t vertical stroke <8 GeV2 for proton dissociation. The results are compared to other measurements. The Wγp and t-dependences are parametrised using phenomenological fits. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2466-y

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1-17
ISSN
1434-6044

Optional Information

Collaborations
The H-one Collaboration