Diffractive photoproduction of J/ψ mesons with large momentum transfer at HERA
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2003-08-28
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The diffractive photoproduction of J/ψ mesons is measured with the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA using an integrated luminosity of 78 pb -1. The differential cross section dσ(γp → J/ψY)/dt is studied in the range 2 < |t| < 30 GeV2, where t is the square of the four-momentum transferred at the proton vertex. The cross section is also presented as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy Wγp in three t intervals, spanning the range 50 < Wγp < 200 GeV. A fast rise of the cross section with Wγp is observed for each t range and the slope for the effective linear Pomeron trajectory is measured to be α′ = -0.0135 ± 0.0074(stat.) ± 0.0051(syst.) GeV-2. The measurements are compared with perturbative QCD models based on BFKL and DGLAP evolution. The data are found to be compatible with s-channel helicity conservation.
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568 (3-4)
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205 - 218
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Elsevier