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Exclusive Photoproduction $J/ψ$ in Peripheral Pb-Pb

The exclusive photoproduction of the $J/ψ$ state is investigated in peripheral AA collisions for the energies available at the LHC, $\sqrt{s}=2.76$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV. In order to evaluate the robustness of the light-cone color dipole formalism, previously tested in the ultraperipheral regime, the rapidity distribution and the nuclear modification factor ($R_{AA}$) were calculated for three centrality classes: 30%-50%, 50%-70% and 70%-90%. In the peripheral regime, three scenarios were considered. In the scenario 1, a similar formalism adopted in the UPC regime is used; in the scenario 2, one considers that only the spectators in the target are the ones that interact coherently with the photon; in the scenario 3, the photonuclear cross section is modified using the same geometrical constraints applyed in the scenario 2. The results obtained from the three scenarios were compared with the ALICE measurements (only $J/ψ$ at the moment), showing a better agreement in the more complete approach (scenario 3), mainly in the more central regions (30%-50% and 50%-70%) where the incertainty is smaller.

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Heavy Mesons Photoproduction in Peripheral AA Collisions

The exclusive photoproduction of the heavy vector mesons $ψ$'s and $Y$'s is investigated in peripheral lead-lead collisions for the energies available at the LHC, $\sqrt{s}=2.76$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV. In order to evaluate the robustness of the light-cone color dipole formalism, previously tested in the ultraperipheral regime. It was calculated the rapidity distribution as well as the nuclear modification factor ($R_{AA}$) for the three centrality classes: 30%-50%, 50%-70% and 70%-90%. The transition from ultraperipheral to peripheral regime was carried out sophisticating the photon flux description and the photonuclear cross section, taking into account the effective interaction area. In our calculations, three scenarios were considered: (scenario 1) the direct application of the usual photon flux and of the photonuclear cross section without any relevant change in relation to the UPC's, (scenario 2) the application of an effective photon flux keeping the photonuclear cross section unchanged and (scenario 3) where it was also considered an effective photonuclear cross section. The results obtained from the three scenarios were compared with the ALICE measurements (only $J/ψ$ at the moment), showing a better agreement with the data in the more complete approach (scenario 3), mainly in the more central regions (30%-50% and 50%-70%) where the incertainty is smaller.

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$J/Ψ$ Photoproduction in Peripheral AA Collisions

The exclusive photoproduction of the heavy vector mesons $J/Ψ$ is investigated in the context of peripheral lead-lead collisions for the energies available at the LHC, $\sqrt{s}=2.76$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV. Using the light-cone color dipole formalism, it was calculated the rapidity distribution in two centrality bins 50\%-70\% and 70\%-90\% in order to evaluate its robustness in extrapolating down to smaller impact parameter. It is introduced a modified photon flux, without change in the photonuclear cross section in relation to the ultraperipheral (UPC) case. Results were obtained for the two regions analized, which presented a maximum difference of 27\% in frontal rapidity for the two regions. Comparing the results for $\sqrt{s}=2.76$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV, it was verified an increase of approximately half the one obtained in ultraperipheral regime in the central rapidity region.

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Photoproduction of Upsilon states in ultraperipheral collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider within the color dipole approach

The exclusive photoproduction of upsilon states $Υ(1S)$ and its radially excited states $Υ(2S,3S)$ is investigated in the context of ultra-peripheral collisions at the LHC energies. Predictions are presented for their production in proton-proton, proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collision at the energies available at the LHC run 2. The rapidity and transverse momentum distributions are shown, and the robustness of the model is tested against the experimental results considering $ψ(1S,2S)$ and $Υ(1S)$ states. The theoretical framework considered in the analysis is the light-cone color dipole formalism, which includes consistently parton saturation effects and nuclear shadowing corrections.

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Density mismatch in thin diblock copolymer films

Thin films of diblock copolymer subject to gravitational field are simulated by means of a cell dynamical system model. The difference in density of the two sides of the molecule and the presence of the field causes the formation of lamellar patterns with orientation parallel to the confining walls even when they are neutral. The concentration profile of those films is analyzed in the weak segregation regime and a functional form for the profile is proposed.

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