Probing Gluon Fluctuations in Nuclei with the First Energy-Dependent Measurement of Incoherent J/ψ Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral PbPb Collisions

dc.contributor.authorChekhovsky, V.
dc.contributor.authorHayrapetyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorMakarenko, V.
dc.contributor.authorTumasyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, W.
dc.contributor.authorAndrejkovic, J. W.
dc.contributor.authorBenato, L.
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-25T14:20:14Z
dc.date.available2026-04-25T14:20:14Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIncoherent J/psi photoproduction in heavy ion ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) provides a sensitive probe of localized, fluctuating gluonic structures within heavy nuclei. This Letter reports the first measurement of the photon-nucleon center-of-mass energy (W-gamma N) dependence of this process in PbPb UPCs at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV, using 1.52 nb(-1) of data recorded by the CMS experiment. The measurement covers a wide W-gamma N range of approximate to 40-400 GeV, probing gluons carrying a fraction x of nucleon momentum down to an unexplored regime of 6.5 x 10(-5). Compared to baseline predictions neglecting nuclear effects, the measured cross sections exhibit significantly greater suppression at lower x. Additionally, the ratio of incoherent to coherent photoproduction is found to be constant across the probed W-gamma N and x range, disfavoring the establishment of the black disk limit. This Letter provides critical insights into the x-dependent evolution of fluctuating gluonic structures within nuclei and calls for further advancements in theoretical models incorporating nuclear shadowing and gluon saturation.
dc.description.sponsorshipSC (Armenia); BMBWF (Austria); FWF (Austria); FNRS (Belgium); FWO (Belgium); CNPq (Brazil); CAPES (Brazil); FAPERJ (Brazil); FAPERGS (Brazil); FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); BNSF (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS (China); MoST (China); NSFC (China); MINCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); CSF (Croatia); RIF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); ERC PRG (Estonia); RVTT3 (Estonia); MoER TK202 (Estonia); Academy of Finland (Finland); MEC (Finland); HIP (Finland); CEA (France); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); SRNSF (Georgia); BMBF (Germany); DFG (Germany); HGF (Germany); GSRI (Greece); NKFIH (Hungary); DAE (India); DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP (Republic of Korea); NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LMTLT (Lithuania); MOE (Malaysia); UM (Malaysia); BUAP (Mexico); CINVESTAV (Mexico); CONACYT (Mexico); LNS (Mexico); SEP (Mexico); UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MES (Poland); NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); MESTD (Serbia); MICIU/AEI (Spain); PCTI (Spain); MOSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); MHESI (Thailand); NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK (Turkey); TENMAK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE (USA); NSF (USA)
dc.description.sponsorshipWe congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid and other centers for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC, the CMS detector, and the supporting computing infrastructure provided by the following funding agencies: SC (Armenia), BMBWF and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, FAPERGS, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES and BNSF (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); MINCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RIF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); ERC PRG, RVTT3 and MoER TK202 (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); SRNSF (Georgia); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRI (Greece); NKFIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); MES (Latvia); LMTLT (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MOS (Montenegro); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MES and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); MESTD (Serbia); MICIU/AEI and PCTI (Spain); MOSTR (Sri Lanka); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); MHESI and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TENMAK (Turkey); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/w9kp-f8xr
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114
dc.identifier.issue11
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3599-854X
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1061-3877
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1124-8450
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1261-2277
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0211-6109
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7369-2536
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2729-6273
dc.identifier.pmid41004769
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dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/w9kp-f8xr
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/8433
dc.identifier.volume135
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001574190800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmer Physical Soc
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Letters
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260420
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dc.titleProbing Gluon Fluctuations in Nuclei with the First Energy-Dependent Measurement of Incoherent J/ψ Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral PbPb Collisions
dc.typeArticle

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