Physics Letters B (Mar 2023)

Double J/ψ production in pion-nucleon scattering at COMPASS

  • G.D. Alexeev,
  • M.G. Alexeev,
  • A. Amoroso,
  • V. Andrieux,
  • V. Anosov,
  • K. Augsten,
  • W. Augustyniak,
  • C.D.R. Azevedo,
  • B. Badełek,
  • M. Ball,
  • J. Barth,
  • R. Beck,
  • Y. Bedfer,
  • J. Bernhard,
  • M. Bodlak,
  • F. Bradamante,
  • A. Bressan,
  • V.E. Burtsev,
  • W.-C. Chang,
  • C. Chatterjee,
  • M. Chiosso,
  • A.G. Chumakov,
  • S.-U. Chung,
  • A. Cicuttin,
  • P.M.M. Correia,
  • M.L. Crespo,
  • D. D'Ago,
  • S. Dalla Torre,
  • S.S. Dasgupta,
  • S. Dasgupta,
  • I. Denisenko,
  • O.Yu. Denisov,
  • S.V. Donskov,
  • N. Doshita,
  • Ch. Dreisbach,
  • W. Dünnweber,
  • R.R. Dusaev,
  • D. Ecker,
  • A. Efremov,
  • D. Eremeev,
  • P.D. Eversheim,
  • P. Faccioli,
  • M. Faessler,
  • M. Finger,
  • M. Finger, jr.,
  • H. Fischer,
  • K.J. Flöthner,
  • W. Florian,
  • C. Franco,
  • J.M. Friedrich,
  • V. Frolov,
  • L.G. Garcia Ordòñez,
  • F. Gautheron,
  • O.P. Gavrichtchouk,
  • S. Gerassimov,
  • J. Giarra,
  • D. Giordano,
  • M. Gorzellik,
  • A. Grasso,
  • A. Gridin,
  • S. Groote,
  • M. Grosse Perdekamp,
  • B. Grube,
  • M. Grüner,
  • A. Guskov,
  • D. von Harrach,
  • M. Hoffmann,
  • N. Horikawa,
  • N. d'Hose,
  • C.-Y. Hsieh,
  • S. Huber,
  • S. Ishimoto,
  • A. Ivanov,
  • T. Iwata,
  • M. Jandek,
  • V. Jary,
  • R. Joosten,
  • E. Kabuß,
  • F. Kaspar,
  • A. Kerbizi,
  • B. Ketzer,
  • A. Khatun,
  • G.V. Khaustov,
  • Yu.A. Khokhlov,
  • F. Klein,
  • J.H. Koivuniemi,
  • V.N. Kolosov,
  • K. Kondo Horikawa,
  • I. Konorov,
  • V.F. Konstantinov,
  • A.M. Korzenev,
  • S. Koshkarev,
  • A.M. Kotzinian,
  • O.M. Kouznetsov,
  • A. Koval,
  • Z. Kral,
  • F. Krinner,
  • F. Kunne,
  • K. Kurek,
  • R.P. Kurjata,
  • A. Kveton,
  • K. Lavickova,
  • S. Levorato,
  • Y.-S. Lian,
  • J. Lichtenstadt,
  • P.-J. Lin,
  • R. Longo,
  • V.E. Lyubovitskij,
  • A. Maggiora,
  • A. Magnon,
  • N. Makins,
  • N. Makke,
  • G.K. Mallot,
  • A. Maltsev,
  • S.A. Mamon,
  • A. Martin,
  • J. Marzec,
  • J. Matoušek,
  • T. Matsuda,
  • G. Mattson,
  • C. Menezes Pires,
  • F. Metzger,
  • M. Meyer,
  • W. Meyer,
  • Yu.V. Mikhailov,
  • M. Mikhasenko,
  • E. Mitrofanov,
  • Y. Miyachi,
  • R. Molina,
  • A. Moretti,
  • A. Nagaytsev,
  • C. Naim,
  • D. Neyret,
  • J. Nový,
  • W.-D. Nowak,
  • G. Nukazuka,
  • A.G. Olshevsky,
  • M. Ostrick,
  • D. Panzieri,
  • B. Parsamyan,
  • S. Paul,
  • H. Pekeler,
  • J.-C. Peng,
  • M. Pešek,
  • D.V. Peshekhonov,
  • M. Pešková,
  • S. Platchkov,
  • J. Pochodzalla,
  • V.A. Polyakov,
  • J. Pretz,
  • M. Quaresma,
  • C. Quintans,
  • G. Reicherz,
  • C. Riedl,
  • T. Rudnicki,
  • D.I. Ryabchikov,
  • A. Rychter,
  • A. Rymbekova,
  • V.D. Samoylenko,
  • A. Sandacz,
  • S. Sarkar,
  • I.A. Savin,
  • G. Sbrizzai,
  • H. Schmieden,
  • A. Selyunin,
  • K. Sharko,
  • L. Sinha,
  • M. Slunecka,
  • D. Spülbeck,
  • A. Srnka,
  • M. Stolarski,
  • O. Subrt,
  • M. Sulc,
  • H. Suzuki,
  • S. Tessaro,
  • F. Tessarotto,
  • A. Thiel,
  • J. Tomsa,
  • F. Tosello,
  • A. Townsend,
  • T. Triloki,
  • V. Tskhay,
  • B. Valinoti,
  • B.M. Veit,
  • J.F.C.A. Veloso,
  • B. Ventura,
  • M. Virius,
  • M. Wagner,
  • S. Wallner,
  • K. Zaremba,
  • M. Zavertyaev,
  • M. Zemko,
  • E. Zemlyanichkina,
  • M. Ziembicki

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 838
p. 137702

Abstract

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We present the study of the production of double J/ψ mesons using COMPASS data collected with a 190 GeV/c π− beam scattering off NH3, Al and W targets. Kinematic distributions of the collected double J/ψ events are analysed, and the double J/ψ production cross section is estimated for each of the COMPASS targets. The NH3 results are compared to predictions from single- and double-parton scattering models as well as the pion intrinsic charm and the tetraquark exotic resonance hypotheses. It is demonstrated that the single parton scattering production mechanism gives the dominant contribution that is sufficient to describe the data. An upper limit on the double intrinsic charm content of the pion is evaluated. No significant signatures that could be associated with exotic tetraquarks are found in the double J/ψ mass spectrum.

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