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MESON2018 FUSION IN HEAVY ION UPC I MPORTANCE OF MESONS EPA IN L IGHT - BY -L IGHT SCATTERING SCATTERING E > 5 G E V E < 5 G E V IN ULTRAPERIPHERAL LEAD - LEAD COLLISIONS E < 2 G E V C ONCLUSION AT THE LHC Mariola


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MESON2018 γγ FUSION IN

HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION

IMPORTANCE OF MESONS

IN LIGHT-BY-LIGHT SCATTERING

IN ULTRAPERIPHERAL LEAD-LEAD COLLISIONS

AT THE LHC

Mariola Kłusek-Gawenda

INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Kraków, Poland

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HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION

ULTRAPERIPHERALCOLLISIONS

  • M. K-G, P. Lebiedowicz, A. Szczurek,

Light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral Pb-Pb collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collide, Phys. Rev. C93 (2016) 044907, ➳

  • M. K-G, W. Schäfer, A. Szczurek,

Two-gluon exchange contribution to elastic γγ → γγ scattering and production of two-photons in ultraperipheral ultrarelativistic heavy ion and proton-proton collisions, Phys. Lett. B761 (2016) 399, ➳

  • M. K-G, R. McNulty, R. Schicker, A. Szczurek,

Measurements of light-by-light scattering in UPC of heavy ions at the LHC - smaller diphoton collision energies, in preparation. γγ FUSION IN HEAVY ION UPC MESON2018 KRAKÓW, 7-12 JUNE 2018 2 / 22

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION EPA

NUCLEAR CROSS SECTION

A A γ γ γ γ A A A A γ γ γ γ A A R A A π0 π0 γ γ A A γ γ γ γ

CONTINUUM RESONANCES BACKGROUND

σA1A2→A1A2γγ =

  • N (ω1, b1) N (ω2, b2)S2

abs (b)

× σγγ→γγ (Wγγ) × d2b dbx dby Wγγ 2 dWγγ dYγγ

b1 b2 b

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HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

γ − γ ELASTIC SCATTERING

WELL-KNOWN

BOXES

γ γ γ γ γ γ γ γ W W W W

WE ADD

VDM-REGGE CONTRIBUTION 2-GLUON EXCHANGE

ρ, ω, φ ⇒

γ γ γ γ

IP, IR

V V

. 16 diagrams ⇒

γ γ γ γ g g

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

BOXES

Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ F F F F Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ F F F F Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ F F F F Γ Γ Γ Γ W W W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W Γ Γ Γ Γ W W

Γ Γ

  • Γ

Γ

(GeV) s

  • 3

10

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

(pb) σ

  • 3

10

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

γ γ → γ γ

total leptons quarks W-bosons Fermionic box LO QED - FormCalc. The one-loop W box diagram - LoopTools. We have compared our results with:

Jikia et al. (1993),

Bern et al. (2001),

Bardin et al. (2009). Bern et al. consider QCD and QED corrections (two-loop Feynman diagrams) to the one-loop fermionic contributions in the ultrarelativistic limit (ˆ s, |ˆ t|, |ˆ u| ≫ m2

f ). The corrections are quite small

numerically. γγ FUSION IN HEAVY ION UPC MESON2018 KRAKÓW, 7-12 JUNE 2018 5 / 22

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HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

EXPERIMENTAL IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESSES?

W = 10 GeV ✔ boxes ✔ VDM-Regge ✔ 2-gluon exchange W = 50 GeV W = 200 GeV

γ

t

p

1 2 3 4 5

(nb/GeV)

γ

t

/dp

γ γ → γ γ

σ d

  • 8

10

  • 7

10

  • 6

10

  • 5

10

  • 4

10

  • 3

10

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 boxes VDM-Regge =4

f

2-gluon exchange, n =0.75 GeV

g

m =0

g

m W=10 GeV

γ

t

p

1 2 3 4 5

(nb/GeV)

γ

t

/dp

γ γ → γ γ

σ d

  • 8

10

  • 7

10

  • 6

10

  • 5

10

  • 4

10

  • 3

10

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 boxes VDM-Regge =4

f

2-gluon exchange, n =0.75 GeV

g

m =0

g

m W=50 GeV

γ

t

p

5 10 15 20

(nb/GeV)

γ

t

/dp

γ γ → γ γ

σ d

  • 8

10

  • 7

10

  • 6

10

  • 5

10

  • 4

10

  • 3

10

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 boxes VDM-Regge =4

f

2-gluon exchange, n =0.75 GeV

g

m =0

g

m W=200 GeV

γ − γ Collider (the International e+e− Linear Collider) ?

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

AA→AAγγ - FORM FACTOR

(GeV)

γ γ

M

10 20 30 40 50

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

2

10

3

10

4

10

5

10

6

10

realistic

F ,

monopole

F boxes VDM-Regge

>5.5 GeV

γ γ

W =5.5 TeV, UPC

NN

s

➯ realistic ➯ monopole

γ γ γ γ γ γ γ γ

IP, IR

V V

σmonopole σrealistic

ր for larger values of kinematic variables

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

number of count

(GeV)

γ γ

M

5 10 15 20 25

(1/GeV)

γ γ

dN/dM

10 20 30 40 50 60

=5.5 TeV, UPC

NN

s γ γ PbPb → PbPb

  • 1

=1 nb

int

L |<2.5

γ

η >5.5 GeV, |

γ γ

W

several events / GeV Photon collisions: Photonic billiards might be the newest game!

www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ 2016-05/thni-pcp051916.php

σ(PbPb→PbPbγγ) [nb] at LHC (√sNN = 5.5 TeV) and FCC (√sNN = 39 TeV)

boxes VDM-Regge cuts Frealistic Fmonopole Frealistic Fmonopole Wγγ > 5 GeV 306 349 31 36 Wγγ > 5 GeV, pt,γ > 2 GeV 159 182 7E-9 8E-9 L Eγ > 3 GeV 16 692 18 400 17 18 Eγ > 5 GeV 4 800 5 450 9 611 H Eγ > 3 GeV, |yγ| < 2.5 183 210 8E-2 9E-2 Eγ > 5 GeV, |yγ| < 2.5 54 61 4E-4 7E-4 C pt,γ > 0.9 GeV, |yγ| < 0.7 (ALICE cuts) 107 pt,γ > 5.5 GeV, |yγ| < 2.5 (CMS cuts) 10 F Wγγ > 5 GeV 6 169 882 C Eγ > 3 GeV 4 696 268 574 C γγ FUSION IN HEAVY ION UPC MESON2018 KRAKÓW, 7-12 JUNE 2018 8 / 22

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

AA→AAγγ - THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS VS. EXPERIMENT

➳ ATLAS Collaboration (M. Aaboud et al.), Evidence for light-by-light scattering in heavy-ion collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, Nature Phys. 13 (2017) 852 ✗ ptγ > 3 GeV ✗ |ηγ| < 2.4 ✗ Mγγ > 6 GeV ✗ ptγγ < 2 GeV ✗ Aco < 0.01 ✔ γγ → γγ - using our calculations ✔ background: ✔ γγ → e+e− ✔ gg → γγ ✔ γγ → q¯ q ✔ 13 events were observed ATLAS ⇒ σ = 70 ± 20(stat.)±17(syst.) nb from ours model ⇒ σ = 49 ± 10 nb PRL (2013)/(2016) ⇒ σ = 45 ± 9 nb

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HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

AA→AAγγ - THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS VS. EXPERIMENT

➳ CMS Collaboration, Measurement of light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV, CMS-PAS-FSQ-16-012

6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

(1/2.5 GeV)

γ γ

dN/dM

γ γ PbPb → PbPb = 5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s

  • 1

b µ = 390

int

L

CMS preliminary data 2 − 1 − 1 2

γ

y

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

(1/0.8)

γ

dN/dy

γ γ PbPb → PbPb = 5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s

  • 1

b µ = 390

int

L

CMS preliminary data

✗ Etγ > 2 GeV ✗ |ηγ| < 2.4 ✗ Mγγ > 5 GeV ✗ ptγγ < 1 GeV ✗ Aco < 0.01 CMS ⇒ σ = 122 ± 46(stat.)±29(syst.) nb from ours model ⇒ σ = 103 ± 0.034 nb

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E > 5 GEV

Mγγ < 5 GEV ⇒ π0π0 BACKGROUND

➳ M. K-G, A. Szczurek, π+π− and π0π0 pair production in photon-photon and in ultraperipheral ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions,

  • Phys. Rev. C87 (2013) 054908

➫ Wγγ ∈ (2mπ − 6) GeV ➫ total cross section & angular distributions ➫ simultaneously for γγ → π+π− & π0π0

[GeV]

π π

= M

γ γ

W

1 2 3 4 5 6

) [nb] π π → γ γ ( σ

  • 2

10

  • 1

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

Crystal Ball Belle

  • e

x c h a n g e ρ + sum

A A π0 π0 γ γ A A γ γ γ γ

γγ → π0π0

π+ π− ρ π0 π0 π+ π− ρ π0 π0 π

f2(1270) π π f0(980) f0(600) f0(1500) f′

2(1525)

f0(1710) f2(1565) f2(1950) f4(2050)

π+/0 π−/0

p Q C D

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 5 GEV

AA→AAγγ FOR Mγγ < 5 GEV ? NEW

signal

A A γ γ γ γ A A

background

A A π0 π0 γ γ A A γ γ γ γ

experiment pseudorapidity range

  • ther condition

ALICE

  • 0.9 < ηγ < 0.9

Eγ > 200 MeV LHCb 2.0 < ηγ < 4.5 pt,γ > 200 MeV

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10 =5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π signal γ γ → γ γ (GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

3

10

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10 =5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π signal γ γ → γ γ

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HEAVY ION UPC

EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 5 GEV

Mγγ < 5 GEV ⇒ MESON EXCHANGE

γ(p1) γ(p2) γ(p3) γ(p4) ps γ(p1) γ(p2) γ(p3) γ(p4) pt γ(p1) γ(p2) γ(p4) γ(p3) pu

f0(500) f0(980) a0(980) f0(1370) χc0(1P) π0 η η′(958) ηc(1S) ηc(2S) f2(1270) a2(1320) f ′

2(1525)

f2(1565) a2(1700) f4(2050) (GeV) s

1 2 3 4

(pb) σ

  • 3

10

  • 1

10 10

3

10

5

10

7

10

γ γ → γ γ fermionic contributions leptons quarks mesonic contributions scalars psudoscalars tensors (2050)

4

f

s−channel diagrams (leading to peaks at √s ∼ = mM) t− and u−channels (leading to broad continua) ➳ P. Lebiedowicz, A. Szczurek, The role of meson exchanges in light-by-light scattering,

  • Phys. Lett. B772 (2017) 330

UPC of AA...

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 5 GEV

η η′(958)

2 4 6 8 10

(GeV)

1

γ

E

5 − 5

1

γ

η

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

ALICE LHCb

(pb/GeV)

1

γ

dE

1

γ

η /d σ

2

d γ γ → η =5.02 TeV,

NN

s

2 4 6 8 10

(GeV)

1

γ

E

5 − 5

1

γ

η

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

ALICE LHCb

(pb/GeV)

1

γ

dE

1

γ

η /d σ

2

d γ γ → ’(958) η =5.02 TeV,

NN

s

2 4 6 8 10

(GeV)

1

γ

E

5 − 5

1

γ

η

1 −

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

4

10

ALICE LHCb

(pb/GeV)

1

γ

dE

1

γ

η /d σ

2

d γ γ → (1S)

C

η =5.02 TeV,

NN

s

2 4 6 8 10

(GeV)

1

γ

E

5 − 5

1

γ

η

1 −

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

4

10

ALICE LHCb

(pb/GeV)

1

γ

dE

1

γ

η /d σ

2

d γ γ → (1P)

C0

χ =5.02 TeV,

NN

s

2 4 6 8 10

(GeV)

1

γ

E

5 − 5

1

γ

η

1 −

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

4

10

ALICE LHCb

(pb/GeV)

1

γ

dE

1

γ

η /d σ

2

d γ γ → (2S)

C

η =5.02 TeV,

NN

s

ηc(1S) χc0(1P) ηc(2S)

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 5 GEV

MESON EXCHANGE AT UPC

Mγγ→R→γγ(λ1, λ2) =

  • 64π2W 2

γγΓ2 RBr2(R → γγ)

ˆ s − m2

R − imRΓR

× 1 √ 2π δλ1−λ2 ALICE cuts ✔ boxes ✔ bkg ✔ mesons LHCb cuts

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

13

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π signal γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

η

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

13

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π signal γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 5 GEV

RESONANSE CONTRIBUTION & EXPERIMENTAL RESOLUTION

ENERGY RESOLUTION σEγ Eγ = 1% σEγ Eγ = 0.085

+ 0.003 Eγ + 0.008 ALICE cuts LHCb cuts

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

13

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π signal γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

η

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 4 6 8 10

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

13

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π signal γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

η

Energy resolution modifies resonant signals

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 2 GEV

RESONANSE CONTRIBUTION & EXPERIMENTAL RESOLUTION

SCALAR ASYMMETRY AS = p1,t − p2,t p1,t + p2,t

p1,t = pt +

  • pt

E1

  • δE1

p2,t = pt +

  • pt

E2

  • δE2

ALICE cuts LHCb cuts

|

t2

p |+|

t1

p | |

t2

p |-|

t1

p |

=

S

A

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

(pb)

S

)/dA γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

6

10 ×

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π signal γ γ → γ γ

|

t2

p |+|

t1

p | |

t2

p |-|

t1

p |

=

S

A

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1

(pb)

S

)/dA γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

20 40 60 80 100 120 140

6

10 ×

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π signal γ γ → γ γ

Difficult to separate a region where the γγ → γγ signal wins

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EPA γγ SCATTERING

E > 5 GEV E < 5 GEV E < 2 GEV

CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 2 GEV

Number of counts for Mγγ > 2 GeV

ALICE cuts LHCb cuts

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(1/100 MeV)

γ γ

dN/dM

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

γ γ PbPb → PbPb = 5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s

  • 1

= 1 nb

int

L > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η |

(GeV)

γ γ

M

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(1/100 MeV)

γ γ

dN/dM

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

γ γ PbPb → PbPb = 5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s

  • 1

= 1 nb

int

L > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 <

Energy Wγγ = (0 − 2) GeV Wγγ > 2 GeV Fiducial region ALICE LHCb ALICE LHCb boxes 4 890 3 818 146 79 π0π0 background 135 300 40 866 46 24 η 722 573 568 499 η′(958) 54 241 40 482 ηc(1S) 9 5 χc0(1P) 4 2 ηc(2S) 2 1 γγ FUSION IN HEAVY ION UPC MESON2018 KRAKÓW, 7-12 JUNE 2018 18 / 22

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CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 2 GEV

RESONANSE CONTRIBUTION & EXPERIMENTAL RESOLUTION

pt,γγ = (| pt1 + pt2|) ALICE cuts LHCb cuts

(GeV)

γ γ t,

p

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

(pb/GeV)

γ γ t,

)/dp γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π signal γ γ → γ γ

(GeV)

γ γ t,

p

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

(pb/GeV)

γ γ t,

)/dp γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π signal γ γ → γ γ

Very limited region where the signal overestimates the background

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CONCLUSION γγ SCATTERING E < 2 GEV

AA→AAγγ FOR Mγγ < 2 GEV ?

ALICE cuts LHCb cuts

(GeV)

γ γ

M

1 2 3 4

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ

| < 0.9, E

γ

η | background π π sig. γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

η

(GeV)

γ γ

M

1 2 3 4

(pb/GeV)

γ γ

)/dM γ γ PbPb → (PbPb σ d

4

10

5

10

6

10

7

10

8

10

9

10

10

10

11

10

12

10

=5.02 TeV, UPC

NN

s > 200 MeV

γ t,

< 4.5, p

γ

η 2 < background π π sig. γ γ → γ γ η ’(958) η (1S)

C

η (1P)

C0

χ (2S)

C

η pt,γγ < 0.005 GeV 0.010 GeV 0.020 GeV

The cuts on pt,γγ seems the most efficient to reduce the background

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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION

❍ EPA in the impact parameter space ❍ Realistic charge distribution ❍ Description of the ATLAS and CMS data for Pb Pb → Pb Pb γγ ❍ Light-by-light scattering in UPC for Mγγ < 5 GeV - new project ① signal ② background ③ γγ → η/η′ → γγ resonance scattering can be measured with good statistic ❚ Sizeable counting rates for realistic luminosity ❚ Experimental energy resolution (ALICE & LHCb)

  • a sizeable reduction of background

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CONCLUSION CONCLUSION

γγ → X1X2 - REVIEW

W (GeV)

2 4 6 8 10 12 14

(nb) σ

3 −

10

2 −

10

1 −

10 1 10

2

10

3

10

4

10

5

10

6

10

  • µ

+

µ

  • e

+

e

  • τ

+

τ p p b b c c ρ ρ

  • π

+

π π π γ γ

Thank you

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