Investigating the exclusive toponium production at the LHC and FCC

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 $t\bar{t}$ bound state, we consider its production by photon and gluon - induced interactions. Results for the total cross - sections and associated rapidity distributions are presented, and the observability of the toponium in exclusive processes is discussed.