Diffractive upsilon production at the LHC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-08-05 v1
Abstract
We compute the rate for diffractive upsilon meson production at the Tevatron and the LHC. The upsilon is produced diffractively via the subprocess gamma + p -> upsilon + p where the initial photon is radiated off an incoming proton (or antiproton). We consider the possibility to use low angle proton detectors to make a measurement of the gamma p cross-section and conclude that a measurement of the cross-section at a centre of mass energy in excess of 1 TeV is possible at the LHC. This is in the region where saturation effects are likely to reveal themselves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0905.0102,
title = {Diffractive upsilon production at the LHC},
author = {B. E. Cox and J. R. Forshaw and R. Sandapen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.0102},
year = {2009}
}
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14 pages