https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14072-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Inelastic quarkonium photoproduction in hadron-hadron interactions at LHC energies
1
Instituto de Física e Matemática, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Caixa Postal 354, CEP 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
2
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, IF - Farroupilha, Campus São Borja, Rua Otaviano Castilho Mendes, 355, CEP 97670-000, São Borja, RS, Brazil
* e-mail: barros@ufpel.edu.br
Received:
9
March
2014
Accepted:
18
March
2014
Published online:
15
April
2014
In this paper we study the inelastic quarkonium photoproduction in coherent 
Pb/PbPb interactions. Considering the ultra-relativistic hadrons as a source of photons, we estimate the total 
(
and 
) cross sections and rapidity distributions at LHC energies. Our results demonstrate that the experimental analysis of this process can be used to understand the underlying mechanism governing heavy quarkonium production.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
