Observation of Diffractive $J/ψ$ Production at the Fermilab Tevatron

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2001-07-25

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0107071v1

Phys.Rev.Lett.87:241802,2001

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

9 pages, 4 figures, using RevTeX. Submitted to Physical Review Letters

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.241802

We report the first observation of diffractive $J/\psi(\to \mu^+\mu^-)$ production in $\bar pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.8 TeV. Diffractive events are identified by their rapidity gap signature. In a sample of events with two muons of transverse momentum $p_T^{\mu}>2$ GeV/$c$ within the pseudorapidity region $|\eta|<$1.0, the ratio of diffractive to total $J/\psi$ production rates is found to be $R_{J/\psi}= [1.45\pm 0.25]%$. The ratio $R_{J/\psi}(x)$ is presented as a function of $x$-Bjorken. By combining it with our previously measured corresponding ratio $R_{jj}(x)$ for diffractive dijet production, we extract a value of $0.59\pm 0.15$ for the gluon fraction of the diffractive structure function of the proton.

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