Relativistic corrections to exclusive photoproduction of Quarkonia near-threshold

Abstract

Non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) is used to calculate the relativistic correction to the amplitude for exclusive photoproduction of vector Quarkonia in the near-threshold region within the generalized parton distribution (GPD) framework. The relativistic corrections are found to be large for $J/\psi$, and lead to a breakdown of the GPD moment expansion near threshold. Cross-sections for both $J/\psi$ and ${\rm Y}$ are calculated with the former being compared to the data. We also demonstrate the presence of endpoint divergences for the relativistic correction away from the near-threshold regime.

Comments: 17 pages, 7 figures, additional calculations and discussion added, new figures added, typographical errors fixed