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Previously fixed light-front wave functions of the proton and J/ψ predict exclusive photoproduction cross sections that match the observed t-slope and supply usable starting points for small-x evolution.

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arxiv 2607.09206 v1 pith:EZW7ZLCX submitted 2026-07-10 hep-ph

Exclusive J/psi photoproduction in photon-proton diffractive scattering: A light-front Hamiltonian approach

Xiaoyi Wu , Zhi Hu , Chandan Mondal , Jiangshan Lan , Siqi Xu , Jiatong Wu , Xingbo Zhao , James P. Vary This is my paper
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keywords exclusive J/ψ photoproductionlight-front wave functionsdipole modeltwo-gluon exchangeBalitsky-Kovchegov equationphoton-proton diffractive scatteringbasis light-front quantization
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The paper shows that exclusive J/ψ production in photon-proton collisions can be calculated from first-principles light-front wave functions of the proton and the charmonium, without any new parameter fitting. The process is treated in the dipole picture as two-gluon exchange; the dipole amplitude itself is the matrix element of color-charge operators between the proton wave functions, then convolved with the known photon wave function and the J/ψ wave function. The resulting differential cross section is modestly lower than earlier model-wave-function results but shares the same exponential fall-off with momentum transfer. These amplitudes furnish concrete initial conditions for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation, allowing the same non-perturbative input to be evolved to smaller Bjorken-x. The calculation therefore links a Hamiltonian solution of bound-state structure directly to a measurable diffractive process and to the high-energy evolution that will be tested at future electron-ion colliders.

Core claim

When the proton and J/ψ light-front wave functions obtained by diagonalizing their respective light-front Hamiltonians are inserted into the dipole-model amplitude for exclusive J/ψ photoproduction, the differential cross section dσ/dt is slightly smaller in magnitude than the result obtained with harmonic-oscillator and boosted-Gaussian model wave functions, yet the exponential slope B ≈ 3 GeV^{-2} in the interval −1 < t−t_min < −0.5 GeV^{2} remains the same and agrees with existing data; the same dipole amplitude supplies initial conditions for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation.

What carries the argument

The two-gluon dipole scattering amplitude T_gg, expressed as the Fourier transform of the proton matrix element of two color-charge density operators and then convolved with the product of photon and J/ψ light-front wave functions.

Load-bearing premise

Both the proton and the J/ψ are kept only in their lowest Fock sectors (three quarks and a quark-antiquark pair) and simply renormalized to one; any essential color correlations that live in higher Fock components are assumed to be absorbed into effective masses and confinement strengths.

What would settle it

A precision measurement of the exclusive J/ψ photoproduction cross section (or its t-slope) at moderate Q^{2} that lies outside the band obtained by evolving the present dipole amplitude with the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation would rule out the claim that these valence-truncated wave functions already capture the dominant non-perturbative input.

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If this is right

  • The same proton wave functions can be used without retuning to compute exclusive production of other vector mesons (ρ, ϕ, Υ).
  • The dipole amplitude extracted here can be inserted as the initial condition for Balitsky-Kovchegov evolution, giving a parameter-free prediction of the proton’s gluon density at smaller Bjorken-x.
  • Future electron-ion collider data on exclusive J/ψ production can test the valence-truncated light-front description of the proton’s color-charge correlators.
  • The framework extends immediately to nuclear targets once the corresponding nuclear light-front wave functions become available.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Because the slope is already correct while the absolute normalization is low, the missing higher-Fock components most likely rescale the overall strength of the two-gluon matrix element rather than reshape its transverse-momentum dependence.
  • The same matrix element G that enters the dipole amplitude also controls exclusive η_c production; a parallel calculation for η_c would therefore provide an independent consistency check.
  • If the Balitsky-Kovchegov evolution of these initial conditions reproduces HERA small-x structure functions, the light-front Hamiltonian approach would furnish a unified non-perturbative bridge from spectroscopy to high-energy scattering.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 5 minor

Summary. The manuscript computes the differential cross section for exclusive J/ψ photoproduction in the dipole picture using light-front wave functions obtained from Basis Light-Front Quantization. The amplitude (Eq. 9) factorizes into the convolution of photon (pQCD) and J/ψ (BLFQ) LFWFs with the two-gluon dipole scattering amplitude T_gg (Eq. 14). The latter is obtained from the color-charge correlator G extracted solely from the valence three-quark proton LFWF (Eq. 15). Both proton and J/ψ Hamiltonians are truncated to the lowest Fock sector, diagonalized in a truncated BLFQ basis, and renormalized to unity; parameters (Tables I–II) were previously fixed to masses and electromagnetic observables. The resulting dσ/dt is slightly lower than the Dumitru–Stebel model calculation but shares the same exponential slope B ≈ 3 GeV^{-2} in the interval -1 < t - t_min < -0.5 GeV^{2}, and the authors present T_gg as initial conditions for the BK equation.

Significance. If the valence-only extraction of G is adequate, the work supplies a parameter-free (after prior Hamiltonian fits) microscopic prediction for exclusive J/ψ photoproduction that can be compared directly with HERA/LHC data and used as BK initial conditions for EIC/EicC studies. The calculation is fully predictive once the LFWFs are fixed, demonstrates that BLFQ wave functions reproduce the observed t-slope without retuning, and systematically connects a light-front Hamiltonian approach to a standard small-x observable. The explicit comparison of T_gg and of the S- and P-wave components of the J/ψ LFWF against phenomenological models (Figs. 2–5) is a useful diagnostic of the spatial structure encoded in the BLFQ solutions.

major comments (2)
  1. Eq. (15) and Sec. II: G is constructed exclusively from the valence three-quark LFWF ψ_{3} of the effective Hamiltonian (2)–(3). All multi-gluon and sea contributions are absorbed into the effective masses and κ_p of Table II. Because the absolute normalization of dσ/dt is set by the height of T_gg (Figs. 2–3), any missing color-charge correlations at the relevant transverse separations systematically bias the cross-section magnitude while leaving the exponential slope largely intact. The claim that the same T_gg supplies usable BK initial conditions inherits this bias. A quantitative estimate of the truncation uncertainty (e.g., by comparing with a calculation that retains a dynamical gluon or by varying the effective parameters within their spectroscopic uncertainties) is needed before the absolute scale can be trusted.
  2. Sec. IV and Fig. 6: The calculation is performed under the eikonal approximation and identifies t - t_min with -K_⊥^{2}, neglecting explicit longitudinal momentum transfer. For the Q^{2} range 0–0.5 GeV^{2} and the heavy J/ψ mass this approximation is common, yet the paper never quantifies the size of the neglected longitudinal contribution or the corresponding uncertainty on the extracted slope B. A short estimate or a reference to a controlled expansion would strengthen the comparison with data.
minor comments (5)
  1. Abstract and Introduction: the phrase “sensitive to … the Bjorken scaling variable x” is slightly misleading; the present calculation is performed at a fixed (moderate) x set by the valence LFWFs and does not yet include x-evolution.
  2. Fig. 6 caption: the four curves are described as “lines” while the legend and text refer to “bands” that cover 0 < Q^{2} < 0.5 GeV^{2}; clarify whether the width is the Q^{2} variation or a numerical uncertainty.
  3. Eq. (11): the quark mass m_q that appears in the photon LFWF is not stated; it should be specified whether the same value as m_q/KE or m_q,c̄c is used.
  4. References: the recent BLFQ J/ψ paper (arXiv:2603.08114) is cited as [41]; once published, the journal reference should be updated.
  5. Typographical: “RESUL TS” in the heading of Sec. IV; “J/Ψ” vs. “J/ψ” consistency in a few places.

Circularity Check

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Ordinary self-citation of previously fitted BLFQ LFWFs used as fixed inputs; photoproduction cross section is a genuine no-refit prediction for a new observable.

full rationale

The derivation chain is: (i) proton LFWFs from diagonalizing the valence Hamiltonian (2)–(3) with parameters fixed to the proton mass and electromagnetic properties (Table II, Refs. [26,27]); (ii) J/ψ LFWFs from the |q q-bar> + |q q-bar g> Hamiltonian truncated and renormalized to the valence sector (Table I, Ref. [41]); (iii) color-charge correlator G of Eq. (15) evaluated with those fixed proton LFWFs; (iv) dipole amplitude T_gg of Eq. (14); (v) convolution with pQCD photon LFWFs and the fixed J/ψ LFWFs to obtain A of Eq. (9) and dσ/dt of Eq. (8). No parameter is adjusted to the photoproduction data. The paper explicitly states that the results use “solely the previously computed wave functions, with no parameter adjustments made to fit the cross-section data.” The only self-citations are the ordinary reuse of earlier BLFQ wave functions constrained by independent observables; they do not force the magnitude or slope of dσ/dt by construction. Comparison to Dumitru–Stebel (different model WFs) and to the experimental slope B≈3 GeV^{-2} supplies an external benchmark. Truncation to valence Fock sectors is a modeling assumption that may bias the absolute normalization, but that is a correctness issue, not circularity. Score 2 reflects only the mild, non-load-bearing self-citation of the input LFWFs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

3 free parameters · 4 axioms · 0 invented entities

The calculation rests on previously fitted effective Hamiltonians, the valence Fock truncation, the eikonal two-gluon dipole formula, and the standard light-front factorization of exclusive vector-meson production. No new free parameters are introduced for the cross section itself; all numbers come from earlier spectral and form-factor fits.

free parameters (3)
  • proton Hamiltonian parameters (m_q/KE, m_q/OGE, b_p, κ_p, g_s,p) = 0.30, 0.20, 0.34, 0.34, 3.72 GeV (or dimensionless)
    Fitted in prior BLFQ work to proton mass and electromagnetic form factors; values listed in Table II and used without refit.
  • J/ψ Hamiltonian parameters (m_q,c¯c, m_g,c¯c, b_c¯c, κ_c¯c, m_f,c¯c, g_s,c¯c) = 1.54, 0.50, 1.23, 1.23, 5.04, 2.24 GeV (or dimensionless)
    Fitted in prior BLFQ work to charmonium spectrum, decay constant and form factors; values listed in Table I and used without refit.
  • basis truncations N_max, K = N_max=10/12, K=16.5/17
    Chosen by hand for numerical convergence; {10,16.5} for proton, {12,17} for J/ψ.
axioms (4)
  • domain assumption Exclusive vector-meson production factorizes into photon and meson LFWFs times a dipole scattering amplitude (Eq. 9).
    Standard high-energy QCD assumption used throughout the dipole-model literature; invoked in Sec. III.
  • domain assumption Leading contribution is C-even two-gluon (pomeron) exchange; higher-order gluon exchanges and C-odd exchanges are neglected.
    Explicitly stated in Sec. III and Fig. 1; justified by the eikonal high-energy limit.
  • ad hoc to paper Proton and J/ψ can be truncated to valence Fock sectors and renormalized to unity after diagonalization.
    Stated in Sec. II; higher Fock components are absorbed into effective masses and confinement strengths.
  • domain assumption Eikonal approximation: longitudinal momentum transfer is replaced by a kinematic t_min and transverse momentum transfer dominates.
    Used in Sec. IV to identify t−t_min with −K_⊥^{2}.

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We investigate the cross-section for exclusive $J/\psi$ production in photon-proton diffractive scattering within the Basis Light-Front Quantization (BLFQ) framework. The leading-order contribution to this process is well approximated by the charge conjugation-even two-gluon (``pomeron") exchange mechanism in the dipole model, which factorizes the total amplitude into the dipole scattering amplitude and the convolution of the $J/\psi$ and photon light-front wave functions (LFWFs). We express the dipole scattering amplitude as the matrix element of gluon field operators inserted between proton states, with the element being sensitive to the proton LFWFs and the Bjorken scaling variable, $x$. The proton and $J/\psi$ LFWFs are obtained by diagonalizing their respective light-front Hamiltonians within the BLFQ approach, while the virtual photon LFWFs are employed from perturbative QCD. Our results provide initial conditions for the Balitsky-Kovchegov (BK) equation, which can be used to probe the proton structure at smaller Bjorken scales. This work offers valuable theoretical insights for future electron-ion collider experiments.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.09206 by Chandan Mondal, James P. Vary, Jiangshan Lan, Jiatong Wu, Siqi Xu, Xiaoyi Wu, Xingbo Zhao, Zhi Hu.

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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Comparison of the dipole scattering amplitude [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Three-dimensional distributions of the BLFQ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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