Coherent J/$\psi$ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

TL;DR

This paper reports the first measurement of coherent J/ψ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC, providing insights into nuclear gluon shadowing effects at high energies.

Contribution

It presents the first experimental measurement of coherent J/ψ production in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV, aligning with models including nuclear gluon shadowing.

Findings

Measured cross section: 1.00 ± 0.18 (stat) +0.24/-0.26 (syst) mb

Results agree with models incorporating nuclear gluon shadowing

Provides new data for understanding nuclear gluon distributions

Abstract

The ALICE collaboration has made the first measurement at the LHC of J/$\psi$ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb-collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV. The J/$\psi$ is identified via its dimuon decay in the forward rapidity region with the muon spectrometer 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 55 $\mu$b$^{-1}$. The cross section for coherent J/$\psi$ production in the rapidity interval $-3.6 < y < -2.6$ is measured to be d$\sigma$/d$y = 1.00 \pm 0.18$ (stat) $+0.24/-0.26$ (syst) mb. The result is compared to theoretical models for coherent J/$\psi$ production and found to be in good agreement with models which include nuclear gluon shadowing.