Measurements of the transverse-momentum-dependent cross sections of J /ψ production at mid-rapidity in proton+proton collisions at s =510 and 500 GeV with the STAR detector

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Abstract

We present measurements of the differential cross sections of inclusive J/ψ meson production as a function of transverse momentum (pTJ/ψ) using the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels in proton+proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 510 and 500 GeV, respectively, recorded by the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The measurement from the μ+μ- channel is for 0<pTJ/ψ<9 GeV/c and rapidity range |yJ/ψ|<0.4, and that from the e+e- channel is for 4<pTJ/ψ<20 GeV/c and |yJ/ψ|<1.0. The ψ(2S) to J/ψ ratio is also measured for 4<pTmeson<12 GeV/c through the e+e- decay channel. Model calculations, which incorporate different approaches toward the J/ψ production mechanism, are compared with experimental results and show reasonable agreement within uncertainties.

Original languageEnglish
Article number052009
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume100
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 19 2019

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Funding

We thank the RHIC Operations Group and RCF at BNL, the NERSC Center at LBNL, and the Open Science Grid consortium for providing resources and support. This work was supported in part by the Office of Nuclear Physics within the U.S. DOE Office of Science, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Science, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Chinese Ministry of Education, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Czech Science Foundation and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office, New National Excellency Programme of the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, the National Science Centre of Poland, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, RosAtom of Russia and German Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung and Technologie (BMBF) and the Helmholtz Association.

FundersFunder number
Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology
Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities
RosAtom of Russia and German Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung and Technologie
National Science Foundation (NSF)1913624
Office of Science Programs
Institute for Nuclear Physics
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science19H05598
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Ministarstvo Obrazovanja, Znanosti i Sporta
Ministry for Education and Science of the Russian Federation
National Research Foundation of Korea
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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