Diffractive photoproduction of J/ψ mesons with large momentum transfer at HERA

  • A. Aktas
  • , V. Andreev
  • , T. Anthonis
  • , A. Astvatsatourov
  • , A. Babaev
  • , S. Backovic
  • , J. Bähr
  • , P. Baranov
  • , E. Barrelet
  • , W. Bartel
  • , S. Baumgartner
  • , J. Becker
  • , M. Beckingham
  • , A. Beglarian
  • , O. Behnke
  • , O. Behrendt
  • , A. Belousov
  • , C. Berger
  • , T. Berndt
  • , J. C. Bizot
  • J. Böhme, M. O. Boenig, V. Boudry, J. Bracinik, W. Braunschweig, V. Brisson, H. B. Bröker, D. P. Brown, D. Bruncko, F. W. Büsser, A. Bunyatyan, A. Burrage, G. Buschhorn, L. Bystritskaya, A. J. Campbell, S. Caron, F. Cassol-Brunner, V. Chekelian, D. Clarke, C. Collard, J. G. Contreras, Y. R. Coppens, J. A. Coughlan, M. C. Cousinou, B. E. Cox, G. Cozzika, J. Cvach, J. B. Dainton, W. D. Dau, K. Daum, M. Davidsson, B. Delcourt, N. Delerue, R. Demirchyan, A. de Roeck, E. A. de Wolf, C. Diaconu, J. Dingfelder, P. Dixon, V. Dodonov, J. D. Dowell, A. Dubak, C. Duprel, G. Eckerlin, V. Efremenko, S. Egli, R. Eichler, F. Eisele, M. Ellerbrock, E. Elsen, M. Erdmann, W. Erdmann, P. J.W. Faulkner, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, R. Felst, J. Ferencei, S. Ferron, M. Fleischer, P. Fleischmann, Y. H. Fleming, G. Flucke, G. Flügge, A. Fomenko, I. Foresti, J. Formánek, G. Franke, G. Frising, E. Gabathuler, K. Gabathuler, J. Garvey, J. Gassner, J. Gayler, R. Gerhards, C. Gerlich, S. Ghazaryan, L. Goerlich, N. Gogitidze, S. Gorbounov, C. Grab, V. Grabski, H. Grässler, T. Greenshaw, G. Grindhammer, D. Haidt, L. Hajduk, J. Haller, B. Heinemann, G. Heinzelmann, R. C.W. Henderson, H. Henschel, O. Henshaw, R. Heremans, G. Herrera, I. Herynek, M. Hildebrandt, M. Hilgers, K. H. Hiller, J. Hladký, P. Höting, D. Hoffmann, R. Horisberger, A. Hovhannisyan, M. Ibbotson, M. Jacquet, L. Janauschek, X. Janssen, V. Jemanov, L. Jönsson, C. Johnson, D. P. Johnson, M. A.S. Jones, H. Jung, D. Kant, M. Kapichine, M. Karlsson, J. Katzy, F. Keil, N. Keller, J. Kennedy, I. R. Kenyon, C. Kiesling, M. Klein, C. Kleinwort, T. Kluge, G. Knies, B. Koblitz, S. D. Kolya, V. Korbel, P. Kostka, R. Koutouev, A. Koutov, J. Kroseberg, K. Krüger, J. Kueckens, T. Kuhr, M. P.J. Landon, W. Lange, T. Laštovicka, P. Laycock, A. Lebedev, B. Leißner, R. Lemrani, V. Lendermann, S. Levonian, B. List, E. Lobodzinska, N. Loktionova, R. Lopez-Fernandez, V. Lubimov, H. Lueders, S. Lüders, D. Lüke, L. Lytkin, A. Makankine, N. Maiden, E. Malinovski, S. Mangano, P. Marage, J. Marks, R. Marshall, H. U. Martyn, J. Martyniak, S. J. Maxfield, D. Meer, A. Mehta, K. Meier, A. B. Meyer, H. Meyer, J. Meyer, S. Michine, S. Mikocki, D. Milstead, S. Mohrdieck, F. Moreau, A. Morozov, J. V. Morris, K. Müller, P. Murín, V. Nagovizin, B. Naroska, J. Naumann, T. Naumann, P. R. Newman, F. Niebergall, C. Niebuhr, D. Nikitin, G. Nowak, M. Nozicka, B. Olivier, J. E. Olsson, D. Ozerov, V. Panassik, C. Pascaud, G. D. Patel, M. Peez, E. Perez, A. Petrukhin, J. P. Phillips, D. Pitzl, R. Pöschl, B. Povh, N. Raicevic, J. Rauschenberger, P. Reimer, B. Reisert, C. Risler, E. Rizvi, P. Robmann, R. Roosen, A. Rostovtsev, S. Rusakov, K. Rybicki, D. P.C. Sankey, E. Sauvan, S. Schätzel, J. Scheins, F. P. Schilling, P. Schleper, D. Schmidt, S. Schmidt, S. Schmitt, M. Schneider, L. Schoeffel, A. Schöning, V. Schröder, H. C. Schultz-Coulon, C. Schwanenberger, K. Sedlák, F. Sefkow, I. Sheviakov, L. N. Shtarkov, Y. Sirois, T. Sloan, P. Smirnov, Y. Soloviev, D. South, V. Spaskov, A. Specka, H. Spitzer, R. Stamen, B. Stella, J. Stiewe, I. Strauch, U. Straumann, G. Thompson, P. D. Thompson, F. Tomasz, D. Traynor, P. Truöl, G. Tsipolitis, I. Tsurin, J. Turnau, J. E. Turney, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Uraev, M. Urban, A. Usik, S. Valkár, A. Valkárová, C. Vallée, P. van Mechelen, A. Vargas Trevino, S. Vassiliev, Y. Vazdik, C. Veelken, A. Vest, A. Vichnevski, V. Volchinski, K. Wacker, J. Wagner, R. Wallny, B. Waugh, G. Weber, R. Weber, D. Wegener, C. Werner, N. Werner, M. Wessels, B. Wessling, M. Winde, G. G. Winter, C. Wissing, E. E. Woehrling, E. Wünsch, A. C. Wyatt, J. Žáček, J. Zálešák, Z. Zhang, A. Zhokin, F. Zomer, M. zur Nedden

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Abstract

The diffractive photoproduction of J/ψ mesons is measured with the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 78 pb -1. The differential cross section dσ(γp → J/ψY)/dt is studied in the range 2 < |t| < 30 GeV2, where t is the square of the four-momentum transferred at the proton vertex. The cross section is also presented as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy Wγp in three t intervals, spanning the range 50 < Wγp < 200 GeV. A fast rise of the cross section with Wγp is observed for each t range and the slope for the effective linear Pomeron trajectory is measured to be α′ = -0.0135 ± 0.0074(stat.) ± 0.0051(syst.) GeV-2. The measurements are compared with perturbative QCD models based on BFKL and DGLAP evolution. The data are found to be compatible with s-channel helicity conservation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-218
Number of pages14
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume568
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2003

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