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Nuclear suppression in diffractive vector meson production within the color glass condensate framework

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-09-01 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We perform a global Bayesian analysis of diffractive J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi production in γ+p\gamma+p and γ+Pb\gamma+\mathrm{Pb} collisions within a Color Glass Condensate based framework. Using data from HERA and the LHC, we find that a simultaneous description of γ+p\gamma+p and γ+Pb\gamma+\mathrm{Pb} observables is challenging. Introducing a global KK-factor to account for theoretical uncertainties improves the agreement with data and enhances the framework's predictive power. We present predictions for integrated J/ψ\mathrm{J}/\psi cross sections at different photon-nucleus energies and study their AA-dependence relative to a no-saturation baseline, quantifying nuclear suppression and providing insights into the onset of saturation effects.

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@article{arxiv.2508.21562,
  title  = {Nuclear suppression in diffractive vector meson production within the color glass condensate framework},
  author = {Heikki Mäntysaari and Hendrik Roch and Farid Salazar and Björn Schenke and Chun Shen and Wenbin Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21562},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Proceedings for talk by H.R. at the Quark Matter 2025 conference

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