Photon-Odderon interference in exclusive $χ_{c}$ charmonium production at the Electron-Ion Collider

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Hauptverfasser: Benić, Sanjin, Dumitru, Adrian, Kaushik, Abhiram, Motyka, Leszek, Stebel, Tomasz
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author Benić, Sanjin
Dumitru, Adrian
Kaushik, Abhiram
Motyka, Leszek
Stebel, Tomasz
author_facet Benić, Sanjin
Dumitru, Adrian
Kaushik, Abhiram
Motyka, Leszek
Stebel, Tomasz
contents Exclusive $C=+1$ scalar, axial-vector, and tensor quarkonium production in high-energy electron-proton scattering requires a $C$-odd $t$-channel exchange of a photon or a three gluon ladder. We derive the expressions for the corresponding amplitudes. The relative phase of the photon vs. three gluon exchange amplitudes is determined by the sign of the light-front matrix element of the eikonal color current operator $d^{abc}J^{+a}J^{+b}J^{+c}$ at moderate $x$, and is not affected by small-$x$ QCD evolution. Model calculations predict constructive interference, which is particularly strong for momentum transfer $|t|\sim 1$~GeV$^2$ where the cross section for $χ_{cJ}$ production exceeds that for pure photon exchange by up to a factor of 4. We find that exclusive $χ_{cJ}$ electroproduction at the Electron-Ion Collider should occur with well measurable rates and measurements of these processes should allow to find an evidence of the perturbative Odderon exchange. We also compute the total electroproduction cross section as a function of energy and provide first estimates of the number of $χ_{cJ}$ events per month at the Electron-Ion Collider design luminosity.
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spellingShingle Photon-Odderon interference in exclusive $χ_{c}$ charmonium production at the Electron-Ion Collider
Benić, Sanjin
Dumitru, Adrian
Kaushik, Abhiram
Motyka, Leszek
Stebel, Tomasz
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Exclusive $C=+1$ scalar, axial-vector, and tensor quarkonium production in high-energy electron-proton scattering requires a $C$-odd $t$-channel exchange of a photon or a three gluon ladder. We derive the expressions for the corresponding amplitudes. The relative phase of the photon vs. three gluon exchange amplitudes is determined by the sign of the light-front matrix element of the eikonal color current operator $d^{abc}J^{+a}J^{+b}J^{+c}$ at moderate $x$, and is not affected by small-$x$ QCD evolution. Model calculations predict constructive interference, which is particularly strong for momentum transfer $|t|\sim 1$~GeV$^2$ where the cross section for $χ_{cJ}$ production exceeds that for pure photon exchange by up to a factor of 4. We find that exclusive $χ_{cJ}$ electroproduction at the Electron-Ion Collider should occur with well measurable rates and measurements of these processes should allow to find an evidence of the perturbative Odderon exchange. We also compute the total electroproduction cross section as a function of energy and provide first estimates of the number of $χ_{cJ}$ events per month at the Electron-Ion Collider design luminosity.
title Photon-Odderon interference in exclusive $χ_{c}$ charmonium production at the Electron-Ion Collider
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19134