NLO inclusive $J/ψ$ photoproduction at large $P_T$ at HERA and the EIC

Carlo Flore, Jean-Philippe Lansberg, Hua-Sheng Shao, Yelyzaveta Yedelkina

SciPost Phys. Proc. 8, 011 (2022) · published 11 July 2022

DIS2021

Abstract

We study inclusive $J/\psi$ photoproduction at NLO at large $P_T$ at HERA and the EIC. Our computation includes NLO QCD leading-$P_T$ corrections, QED contributions via an off-shell photon as well as those from $J/\psi$+charm channels. For the latter, we employ the variable-flavour-number scheme. Our results are found to agree with the latest HERA data by H1 and provide, for the first time, a reliable estimate of the EIC reach for such a measurement. Finally, we demonstrate the observability of $J/\psi$+charm production and the sensitivy to probe the non-perturbative charm content of the proton at high $x$, also known as intrinsic charm, at the EIC.

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• 1 Carlo Flore,
• 1 Jean-Philippe Lansberg,
• 2 Hua-Sheng Shao,
• 1 Yelyzaveta Yedelkina
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