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Investigating the exclusive toponium production at the LHC and FCC

Reinaldo Francener1,*, Victor P. Gonçalves2,†, and Daniel E. Martins3,‡

  • *Contact author: reinaldofrancener@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: barros@ufpel.edu.br
  • ‡Contact author: daniel.ernani@ifj.edu.pl
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 094050 – Published 25 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/s4gj-5tpn

Abstract

An exploratory study of the exclusive toponium production in pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions at the center-of-mass energies of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Future Circular Collider (FCC) is performed. Assuming that the toponium is a pseudoscalar tt¯ state, we consider its exclusive production by photon and gluon-induced interactions. Results for the total cross sections and associated rapidity distributions are presented, and the number of events at the LHC and FCC are estimated.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 094050– Published 25 November, 2025
  • Received 7 February 2025
  • Accepted 7 November 2025
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