Two- And Three- Photon Fusion into Charmonium and Dimuonium in Ultraperipheral Nuclear Collisions
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Date of Award
5-22-2024
Abstract
In this thesis, our exploration delves into the generation of charmonium and dimuonium states through the fusion of two and three photons that occurs during the ultra-peripheral collisions (UPCs) of two nuclei. We shall be working at beam energies comparable to the energies that are accessible at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our results should describe to us that the experimental verification of the bound states we seek is possible and we can use the QED formalism that uses the projection operator to constrain the theoretical decay widths of charmonium and dimuonium bound states. It will also give information on the non $c\bar{c}$ components of the charmonium states. Moreover, we will also explore the phase space constraints and the reaction mechanisms in our formalism for the dimuonium. We aim towards improving predictions that have been made in previous studies.
Advisor
Carlos Bertulani
Subject Categories
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics
Recommended Citation
Bhandari, Dipesh, "Two- And Three- Photon Fusion into Charmonium and Dimuonium in Ultraperipheral Nuclear Collisions" (2024). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 1177.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/etd/1177
