The LHCb collaboration has measured central exclusive production of J/ψ, ψ(2S), and Υ mesons as well as J/ψJ/ψ, J/ψψ(2S), ψ(2S)ψ(2S), and χcχc meson pairs in proton-proton collisions. The analyses of Υ and charmonium pairs are performed at the centre-of-mass energies of 7 TeV and 8 TeV, and those of J/ψ and ψ(2S) are done at 7 TeV and 13 TeV. The analysis at 13 TeV involves the use of new shower counters. These allow a reduction in the background by vetoing events with activity in an extended region in rapidity. The measurements of central exclusive production at LHCb are sensitive to gluon distributions for Bjorken-x values down to 2×10−6 (at 13 TeV). An overview of the LHCb results is presented and compared to existing measurements of other experiments and theoretical calculations.
@article{arxiv.2012.00895,
title = {Central exclusive production at LHCb},
author = {Charlotte Van Hulse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.00895},
year = {2020}
}
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6 pages, 5 figures, conference proceedings for New trends in high-energy physics 2019