First Measurement of Near-Threshold J/ψ Photoproduction on the Neutron
R. Tyson, D. G. Ireland, B. McKinnon, P. Chatagnon, V. Kubarovsky, S. Stepanyan, A. G. Acar, P. Achenbach, J. S. Alvarado, M. J. Amaryan, W. R. Armstrong, H. Avakian, L. Barion, M. Bashkanov, M. Battaglieri, F. Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, A. S. Biselli, A. Biswas, M. Bondi, F. Bossù, S. Boiarinov, K. -Th. Brinkmann, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, J Bryce, N. L. Bucuru, S. Bueltmann, V. D. Burkert, T. Cao, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, H. Chinchay, G. Ciullo, E. W. Cline, P. L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Dilks, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, M. Ehrhart, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, C. Fanelli, M. Farooq, S. Fegan, I. P. Fernando, E. Ferrand, A. Filippi, C. Fogler, S. Frantzen, K. Gates, G. P. Gilfoyle, D. I. Glazier, R. W. Gothe, Y. Gotra, S. Gramigna, B. Gualtieri, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, T. B. Hayward, D. Heddle, T. Hellstern, M. Hoballah, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, E. L. Isupov, H. S. Jo, S. Joosten, M. Kerr, H. T. Klest, V. Klimenko, A. Kripko, C. Lama, L. Lanza, S. Lee, P. Lenisa, D. Martiryan, V. Mascagna, M. Masud, A. Mehta, R. G. Milner, R. Milton, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, E. F. Molina Cardenas, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, T. Nagorna, K. Neupane, S. Niccolai, M. Osipenko, P. Pandey, M. Paolone, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, C. Paudel, S. J. Paul, L. Polizzi, J. Poudel, Y. Prok, A. Radic, K. Ramage, M. Ripani, M Ronayette, P. Rossi, A. A. Rusova, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, Y. G. Sharabian, E. V. Shirokov, S. Shrestha, E. Sidoretti, N. Sparveris, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Tenorio, F. Touchte Codjo, M. Ungaro, S. Vallarino, C. Velasquez, L. Venturelli, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, Y. Wang, D. P. Watts, U. Weerasinghe, X. Wei, N. Wuerfel, Z. Xu, Z. W. Zhao, M. Zurek
Abstract
We report the first measurement of the total and t-differential cross sections for near-threshold J/ψ photoproduction on the neutron, obtained with the CLAS12 detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The measurements, performed using a liquid-deuterium target, also provide the incoherent total and t-differential cross sections on the bound proton, enabling the first direct comparison of near-threshold J/ψ photoproduction on bound protons and neutrons. Interpreted within Vector Meson Dominance, holographic QCD, and GPD-based frameworks, the data allow for the investigation of the gluonic structure of bound nucleons. A comparison with free proton results reveals hints of modifications to the gluon structure of nucleons in the nuclear medium, within the assumptions of the extraction and on the underlying production mechanism. The comparison of bound neutron and bound proton cross sections provides new constraints on the near-threshold J/ψ production mechanism, which is crucial in order to establish J/ψ photoproduction as a probe of the nucleon's gluonic structure.
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