Exclusive $J/\Psi$ plus jet associated production in ultraperipheral $PbPb$ collisions

TL;DR

This paper explores exclusive $J/ ext{Psi}$ plus jet production in ultraperipheral lead-lead collisions at the LHC to enhance understanding of quarkonium production mechanisms, with predictions for future experimental feasibility.

Contribution

It provides theoretical predictions for $J/ ext{Psi}$ plus jet production in ultraperipheral collisions using NRQCD, aiding future experimental studies.

Findings

Predicted transverse momentum and rapidity distributions.

Feasibility of experimental separation at LHC and FCC.

Guidance for future quarkonium production measurements.

Abstract

The study of exclusive processes in ultraperipheral collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has allowed us to test several aspects of the Standard Model and to search for New Physics. In this letter, we investigate the possibility of using these processes to improve our understanding of the quarkonium production mechanism through the study of the exclusive $J/\Psi$ plus jet associate production in ultraperipheral $PbPb$ collisions. We estimate the transverse - momentum and rapidity distributions considering that the $\gamma \gamma \rightarrow J/\Psi + X$ ($X = \gamma, \, g$) subprocess is described by the Non - Relativistic QCD (NRQCD) formalism and present predictions for the rapidity ranges covered by central and forward detectors. The experimental separation of these events is discussed and the results indicate that a future experimental analysis is, in principle, feasible in future runs of the LHC and the Future Circular Collider (FCC).