Elastic J/psi production at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 46 (2006) 585-603, 2006.
Inspire Record 694372 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46134

Cross sections for elastic production of J/Psi mesons in photoproduction and electroproduction are measured in electron proton collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 55 pb^{-1}. Results are presented for photon virtualities Q^2 up to 80 GeV^2. The dependence on the photon-proton centre of mass energy W_{gamma p} is analysed in the range 40 < \Wgp < 305 GeV in photoproduction and 40 < \Wgp < 160 GeV in electroproduction. The \Wgp dependences of the cross sections do not change significantly with Q^2 and can be described by models based on perturbative QCD. Within such models, the data show a high sensitivity to the gluon density of the proton in the domain of low Bjorken x and low Q^2. Differential cross sections d\sigma/dt, where t is the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex, are measured in the range |t|<1.2 GeV^2 as functions of \Wgp and Q^2. Effective Pomeron trajectories are determined for photoproduction and electroproduction. The J/Psi production and decay angular distributions are consistent with s-channel helicity conservation. The ratio of the cross sections for longitudinally and transversely polarised photons is measured as a function of Q^2 and is found to be described by perturbative QCD based models.

19 data tables

Cross section for elastic J/PSI photoproduction in Q**2 bins for W = 90 GeV and ABS(T) < 1.2 GeV**2.

Cross section for elastic J/PSI photoproduction in W bins for ABS(T) < 1.2 GeV**2 and Q**2 < 1 GeV**2.. There are two cross sections for the 205 to 235 GeV bin due to overlapping data sets. The mean is 151 +- 8 (DSYS=20) nb.

Cross section for elastic J/PSI photoproduction as a function of W in Q**2 bins for ABS(T) < 1.2 GeV**2.

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

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 568 (2003) 205-218, 2003.
Inspire Record 620283 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46431

The diffractive photoproduction of J/psi mesons is measured with the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 78 pb^-1. The differential cross section d sigma(gamma p -> J/psi Y) / d t is studied in the range 2 < |t| < 30 GeV^2, 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 W in three t intervals, spanning the range 50 < W < 200 GeV. A fast rise of the cross section with W is observed for each t range and the slope for the effective linear Pomeron trajectory is measured to be alpha^\prime= -0.0135 \pm 0.0074 (stat.) \pm 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.

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The differential photoproduction cross section DSIG/DT for diffractive J/PSI production.

The J/PSI photoproduction cross section as a function of W for the ABS(T) range 2 to 5 GeV**2.

The J/PSI photoproduction cross section as a function of W for the ABS(T) range 5 to 10 GeV**2.

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