Predictions of exclusive ${\rm Y}$ photoproduction at the LHC and future colliders

Abstract

The cross section for exclusive ${\rm Y}$ ultraperipheral photoproduction at present and future colliders is determined using the low $x$ gluon PDF extracted from an analysis of exclusive $J/\psi$ measurements performed at HERA and the LHC. Predictions are given at next-to-leading order in collinear factorisation over a wide $\gamma p$ centre-of-mass energy range, calculated assuming the non-relativistic approximation for the ${\rm Y}$ wave function, and with skewing corrections incorporated.

Comments: 9 pages, 2 figures, 1 table