2008/08/31 by A. L. Ayala Filho, V. P. Gonçalves, V. P. Goncalves +1
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.78.044904
published as Phys.Rev.C78:044904,2008 · 8 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. Version to be published in Physical Review C
arxiv created 2008/10/02 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The photonuclear production of vector mesons in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions is investigated within the collinear approach using different parametrizations for the nuclear gluon distribution. The integrated cross section and the rapidity distribution for the AA\ensuremath→V AA (V=J/\ensuremathΨ, \ensuremathΥ) process are computed for energies of the BNL Relativisic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A comparison with the recent PHENIX data on coherent production of J/\ensuremathΨ mesons is also presented. We demonstrate that the study of the exclusive quarkonium photoproduction can be used to constrain the nuclear effects in the gluon distribution.