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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 241802 (2001) [6 pages]

Observation of Diffractive J/ψ Production at the Fermilab Tevatron

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T. Affolder et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 3 July 2001; published 21 November 2001

We report the first observation of diffractive J/ψ(→μ+μ-) production in p̅ p collisions at s = 1.8TeV. Diffractive events are identified by their rapidity gap signature. In a sample of events with two muons of transverse momentum pTμ>2GeV/c within the pseudorapidity region |η|<1.0, the ratio of diffractive to total J/ψ production rates is found to be RJ/ψ = [1.45±0.25]%. The ratio RJ/ψ(x) is presented as a function of x-Bjorken. By combining it with our previously measured corresponding ratio Rjj(x) for diffractive dijet production, we extract a value of 0.59±0.15 for the gluon fraction of the diffractive structure function of the proton.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.241802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.241802
PACS:
13.85.Ni