Exclusive electroproduction of J/ψ mesons at-HERA

S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, J. H. Loizides, S. Magill, S. Miglioranzi, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Yoshida, M. C.K. Mattingly, N. Pavel, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. CindoloA. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, A. Margotti, A. Montanari, R. Nania, F. Palmonari, A. Pesci, L. Rinaldi, G. Sartorelli, A. Zichichi, G. Aghuzumtsyan, D. Bartsch, I. Brock, S. Goers, H. Hartmann, E. Hilger, P. Irrgang, H. P. Jakob, O. Kind, U. Meyer, E. Paul, J. Rautenberg, R. Renner, A. Stifutkin, J. Tandler, K. C. Voss, M. Wang, D. S. Bailey, N. H. Brook, J. E. Cole, G. P. Heath, T. Namsoo, S. Robins, M. Wing, M. Capua, A. Mastroberardino, M. Schioppa, G. Susinno, J. Y. Kim, I. T. Lim, K. J. Ma, M. Y. Pac, M. Helbich, Y. Ning, Z. Ren, W. B. Schmidke, F. Sciulli, J. Chwastowski, A. Eskreys, J. Figiel, A. Galas, K. Olkiewicz, P. Stopa, L. Zawiejski, L. Adamczyk, T. Bołd, I. Grabowska-Bołd, D. Kisielewska, A. M. Kowal, M. Kowal, J. Łukasik, M. Przybycieńn, L. Suszycki, D. Szuba, J. Szuba, A. Kotański, W. Słomiński, V. Adler, U. Behrens, I. Bloch, K. Borras, V. Chiochia, D. Dannheim, G. Drews, J. Fourletova, U. Fricke

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Abstract

The exclusive electroproduction of J/ψ mesons, ep→epJ/ψ, has been studied with the ZEUS detector at HERA for virtualities of the exchanged photon in the ranges 0.15<Q2<0.8 GeV2 and 2<Q2<100 GeV2 using integrated luminosities of 69 and 83 pb-1, respectively. The photon-proton centre-of-mass energy was in the range 30<W<220 GeV and the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex t <1 GeV2. The cross sections and decay angular distributions are presented as functions of Q2, W and t. The effective parameters of the pomeron trajectory are in agreement with those found in J/ψ photoproduction. The spin-density matrix elements, calculated from the decay angular distributions, are consistent with the hypothesis of s-channel helicity conservation. The ratio of the longitudinal to transverse cross sections, σLT, grows with Q2, whilst no dependence on W or t is observed. The results are in agreement with perturbative QCD calculations and exhibit a strong sensitivity to the gluon distribution in the proton.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)3-37
Numero di pagine35
RivistaNuclear Physics B
Volume695
Numero di pubblicazione1-2
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 6 set 2004
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