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Ratio of J / psi production cross-sections in deep inelastic muon scattering from tin and carbon

The New Muon collaboration Amaudruz, P. ; Arneodo, M. ; Arvidson, A. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 371 (1992) 553-566, 1992.
Inspire Record 322307 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32968

We present results on J/ψ production in muon interactions with tin and carbon targets at incident muon energies of 200 and 280 GeV. The ratio of cross sections per nucleon for J/ψ production on tin and carbon, R (Sn/C), is studied as a function of p T 2 , z and x . We find an enhancement for coherent J/ψ production R coh (Sn/C) = 1.54 ± 0.07, a suppression for quasielastic production R qe (Sn/C) = 0.79 ± 0.06 and for inelastic production R in (Sn/C) = 1.13 ± 0.08. The inelastic cross section ratio can be interpreted within the Colour Singlet model as an enhancement of the gluon distribution in tin with respect to that in carbon. The dependence of the ratio on z and p T 2 can explain the discrepancy between the results obtained in previous experiments.

3 data tables
Table 1

Data for coherent events.

Table 2

Data for quasielastic events.

Table 3

Data for inelastic events.


A MEASUREMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SINGLE NUCLEON CROSS-SECTIONS FOR j / psi MUOPRODUCTION IN IRON AND IN H-2, D-2 TARGETS

The European Muon collaboration Aubert, J.J. ; Bassompierre, G. ; Becks, K.H. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 152 (1985) 433-438, 1985.
Inspire Record 207459 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30432

The cross sections for J ψ production have been measured in interactions of 280 GeV μ + on hydrogen and deuterium (H, D) and also in interactions of 250 GeV μ + on iron. The single-nucleon cross sections in iron are found to be larger than those in H, D. The mean ratio of the iron to H, D photoproduction cross sections in the range 60 < v < 200 GeV is 1.45 ±0.12 (statistical) ±0.22 (systematic error). Within the framework of the photon-gluon fusion model, this indicates that the gluon density per nucleon is ∼45% larger in iron than in H, D in the range 0.026 < x < 0.085, on a mass scale Q 2 eff ∼M 2 J ψ .

3 data tables
Table 1

First table is from combined H and DEUT data at 280 Gev. Second table is from FE data at 250 Gev.

Table 2

First table is from combined H and DEUT data at 280 Gev. Second table is from FE data at 250 Gev.

Table 3

THIS TABLE IS THE RATIO OF THE EFFECTIVE GLUON DISTRIBUTIONS IN IRON AND HYDROGEN(DEUTERIUM) ASSUMING THAT PHOTON-GLUON FUSION IS THE RELEVANT MECHANISM FOR J/PSI PRODUCTION.