Diffraction and ultraperipheral collisions at ALICE Evgeny Kryshen on behalf of the ALICE collaboration Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia 15 March 2013 Rencontres de Moriond: QCD and High Energy Interactions

Ultra-peripheral physics potential ALICE results on ultra-peripheral Pb- Pb collisions (UPC): – J/ѱ at forward rapidity: Phys. Lett. B718 (2013) 1273 – J/ѱ at central rapidity – ρ 0 at central rapidity Prospects of pA UPC Highlights on diffraction in pp SummaryContents Evgeny Kryshen 2

LHC as a  Pb collider Evgeny Kryshen 3 Ultra-peripheral (UPC) collisions: b > 2R → hadronic interactions strongly suppressed High photon flux ~ Z 2 → well described in Weizsäcker-Williams approximation → high σ for  -induced reactions e.g. exclusive vector meson production Coherent vector meson production: photon couples coherently to all nucleons  p T  ~ 1/R Pb ~ 60 MeV/c no neutron emission in ~80% of cases Incoherent vector meson production: photon couples to a single nucleon  p T  ~ 1/R p ~ 450 MeV/c target nucleus normally breaks up b R Recent review on UPC physics: Phys. Rept. 458 (2008) 1-171

Why UPC in ALICE? Evgeny Kryshen 4 Why UPC? Quarkonia photoproduction allows to study the gluon density G(x; Q 2 ) in Pb LO pQCD: forward coherent photoproduction cross section is proportional to the squared gluon density: Why ALICE? Large pseudorapidity coverage: -4.0 < η < ZDC calorimetry Trigger on J/ψ with p T down to 0 MeV/c both at forward and central rapidity Bjorken x ~ – accessible at LHC Quarkonium photoproduction in UPC is a direct tool to measure nuclear gluon shadowing! Nuclear gluon shadowing factor vs x

UPC J/ψ at forward rapidity Evgeny Kryshen 5 UPC forward trigger: muon trigger single muon trigger with p T > 1 GeV/c (-4 < η < -2.5) VZERO-C hit in VZERO-C (-3.7 < η < -1.7) VZERO-A no hits in VZERO-A (2.8 < η < 5.1) Offline event selection: Beam gas rejection with VZERO Hadronic rejection with ZDC and SPD Track selection: muon tracks: -3.7 < η < -2.5 matching with the trigger radial position for muons at the end of absorber: 17.5 < R abs < 89.5 cm p T dependent DCA cut opposite sign dimuon: -3.6 < y < -2.6 Integrated luminosity ~ 55 μb -1

From typical hadronic PbPb collision… Evgeny Kryshen 6

7 … to exclusive J/ψ

Dimuon invariant mass and p T distributions Invariant mass distribution: Dimuon p T < 0.3 GeV/c Clean spectrum: only 2 like-sign events Signal shape fitted to a Crystal Ball shape Background fitted to an exponential Exponential shape compatible with expectations from  →μμ process Four contributions in the p T spectrum: Coherent J/ψ Incoherent J/ψ J/ψ from ψ' decays  →μμ Evgeny Kryshen 8 f D = 0.11 ± fraction of J/ψ from ψ' decays in fig a. b) a) ALICE: Phys. Lett. B718 (2013) 1273

Coherent J/ψ cross section at forward rapidity QED continuum pair production used for normalization: Evgeny Kryshen 9 ALICE collaboration. Phys. Lett. B718 (2013) < y < -2.6

UPC J/ψ at central rapidity Evgeny Kryshen 10 UPC central barrel trigger: TOF 2  TOF hits  6 (|η| < 0.9) + back-to-back topology (150   ϕ  180  ) SPD  2 hits in SPD (|η| < 1.5) VZERO no hits in VZERO (C: -3.7 < η < -1.7, A: 2.8 < η < 5.1) Offline event selection: Offline check on VZERO timing Hadronic rejection with ZDC Track selection: Two tracks: |η| < 0.9  70 TPC clusters,  1 SPD clusters p T dependent DCA cut opposite sign dilepton |y| < 0.9, 2.2 < M inv < 6 GeV/c 2 dE/dx in TPC compatible with e/μ Integrated luminosity ~ 20 μb -1

dE/dx selection in TPC Evgeny Kryshen 11 dE/dx in TPC compatible with e/μ energy loss Cross-checked with E/p in EMCAL ±2% systematics due to e/μ separation electrons muons EMCAL

Coherent J/ψ coherent enriched sample Evgeny Kryshen 12 dielectrons p T < 300 MeV/c dimuons p T < 200 MeV/c

Incoherent J/ψ incoherent enriched sample Evgeny Kryshen 13 dielectrons p T > 300 MeV/c dimuons p T > 200 MeV/c

Coherent J/ψ: comparison to models Evgeny Kryshen 14 Good agreement with models which include nuclear gluon shadowing. Best agreement with EPS09 shadowing (shadowing factor ~0.6 at x ~ 10 -3, Q 2 = 2.5 GeV 2 ) Good agreement with models which include nuclear gluon shadowing. Best agreement with EPS09 shadowing (shadowing factor ~0.6 at x ~ 10 -3, Q 2 = 2.5 GeV 2 ) x ~ x ~ incoherent J/  cross section and  (  ee) … will be published soon…

ρ 0 photoproduction in PbPb Evgeny Kryshen mb 470 mb 380 mb STAR: Phys. Rev. C85 (2012) GGM: Frankfurt, Strikman, Zhalov, Phys. Lett. B 537 (2002) 51; Phys. Rev. C 67(2003) Generalized Vector Meson Dominance Model in the Gribov-Glauber approach. Includes nondiagonal transitions  → ρ’ → ρ σ ρN from Donnachie-Landshoff model, in agreement with HERA and lower energy data. GM: Gonçalves, Machado, Phys. Rev. C 84 (2011) Based on the color dipole model in combination with saturation from a CGC-IIM model. STARLIGHT: Klein, Nystrand, Phys. Rev. C 60 (1999) , Uses experimental data on σ ρN cross section. Glauber model neglecting the elastic part of total cross section.

ρ 0 invariant mass and p T spectra A - amplitude of the Breit-Wigner function B - amplitude of the non-resonant ππ production Evgeny Kryshen 16 The absolute cross section will be released soon coherent/incoherent template-pair-p T distributions from STARLIGHT 7 % contribution from incoherent events with pair-p T < 150 MeV/c p T distribution in Starlight broader than in data (similar trend in STAR) Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci. 55 (2005) 271 STAR

pA UPC potential Evgeny Kryshen 17 3 options studied in ALICE: Forward: both muons in the muon arm Central: Both muons/electrons in the barrel Semi-forward: one muon in the muon arm, second in the barrel  wide x coverage:  gamma-proton CM energy up to W ~ 1 TeV!

pA appetizer Evgeny Kryshen 18

Diffraction in pp Experimental definition of diffraction: a process with large rapidity gaps Evgeny Kryshen 19 double diffractive (DD) central diffractive (CD) SD DD single diffractive (SD) Inelastic cross section: ~20% of INEL ~12% of INEL <1% of INEL

ALICE results (arXiv: ) Evgeny Kryshen 20 SD DD

Central diffraction Double-pomeron exchange mechanism: Experimentally measure double-gap (DG) events Double-gap fraction uniform over several data taking periods: Next: turn into cross section Ongoing studies of double-gap event properties (multiplicities, invariant mass distributions, exclusive production) Evgeny Kryshen 21

Conclusions and outlook Vector meson photoproduction in UPC is a promising tool to directly measure gluon shadowing ALICE measured J/ψ photoproduction in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb 2.76 TeV both at forward and central rapidities → Coherent cross section in good agreement with EPS09 shadowing ρ 0 → π + π - measured in PbPb UPC at central rapidity. Cross section will be released soon Analysis of J/ψ photoproduction in pA up to TeV scale ongoing Inelastic, SD and DD cross sections measured at 3 energies. Central diffraction analysis ongoing Evgeny Kryshen 22