The ALICE Collaboration reports three measurements in ultra-peripheral proton$-$lead collisions at forward rapidity. The exclusive two-photon process \ggmm and the exclusive photoproduction of J/$\psi$ are studied. J/$\psi$ photoproduction with proton dissociation is measured for the first time at a hadron collider. The cross section for the two-photon process of dimuons in the invariant mass range from 1 to 2.5 GeV/$c^2$ agrees with leading order quantum electrodynamics calculations. The exclusive and dissociative cross sections for J/$\psi$ photoproductions are measured for photon$-$proton centre-of-mass energies from 27 to 57 GeV. They are in good agreement with HERA results.
Differential cross sections DSIGMA/DM for exclusive GAMMA* GAMMA* to MU+ MU- production in p–Pb UPCs for each mass and rapidity interval
Exclusive J/psi photoproduction cross section in p-Pb UPC.
Dissociative J/psi photoproduction cross section in p-Pb UPC.
A study of charged charm production is made at 400 GeV incident energy of protons in nuclear emulsion. A total of 7005 primary stars have been scrutinized to look for charm particle decays in the forward cone within a decay distance of 100–1,000 μm (3,056 stars) and 100–2,000 μm (3,949 stars). In all 10 charm candidates decaying to 3 charged particles plus neutrals have been observed. Background due to secondary interactions for events of such topology is estimated to be ≈3. Background due to strange particle decays is estimated to be negligible. The rest of the events are attributed toΛc+ andD± decays. This leads to a value of 91±35 μb/nucleon for the total charged charm production cross section. Using production cross section forD± from other experiments we obtainΛc+ production cross section as 62±27 μb/nucleon. Two cases of pair production of charm have been seen.
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (NOT GIVENDECAY-BR(BRN=D+ --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.5)//DECAY-BR(BRN=D- --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.5)//DECAY-BR(BRN=LAMBDA/C+ --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.6)).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (NOT GIVENDECAY-BR(BRN=D+ --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.5)//DECAY-BR(BRN=D- --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.5)//DECAY-BR(BRN=LAMBDA/C+ --> 3CHARGED (NEUTRALS), BR=0.6)).