Gluon densities at small x from photoproduction of ψ(2S) mesons in ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC

Resumo

In the framework of the leading order of perturbative QCD, we study exclusive photoproduction of ψ(2S) mesons in ultraperipheral proton-proton and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC. We calculate the charmonium rapidity distributions and show that the analysis of the LHC experimental data allows one to significantly reduce uncertainties in the behavior of the gluon densities of the proton and nuclei at small x.

Sobre autores

V. Guzey

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: vguzey@pnpi.spb.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300

M. Zhalov

Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

Email: vguzey@pnpi.spb.ru
Rússia, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300

Arquivos suplementares

Arquivos suplementares
Ação
1. JATS XML

Declaração de direitos autorais © Allerton Press, Inc., 2016