Prompt $J/\psi$ photoproduction within the non-relativistic QCD framework at the CEPC

TL;DR

This paper investigates prompt $J/$ photoproduction at the CEPC within the NRQCD framework, analyzing contributions from direct and resolved photons, and discusses its potential to test NRQCD universality.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of $J/$ photoproduction at CEPC using various NRQCD matrix elements, highlighting the dominance of color-octet channels and potential for testing NRQCD universality.

Findings

Total cross section dominated by color-octet channel

Approximately 50 $J/$ events expected at $p_T$ up to 20 GeV

Potential to test NRQCD universality at CEPC

Abstract

The prompt $J/\psi$ photoproduction within the non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) framework at the future Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) is studied, including the contributions from both direct and resolved photons. Employing different sets of long distance matrix elements, the total cross section is dominated by the color-octet channel. We present different kinematic distributions of $J/\psi$ production and the results show there will be about 50 $J/\psi$ events when the transverse momentum of $J/\psi$ is up to 20 GeV. It renders that the $J/\psi$ photoprodution at the CEPC is a well laboratory to test the NRQCD and further clarify the universality problem in NRQCD between electron positron collider and hadron collider.