Puzzle for the Vector Meson Threshold Photoproduction

High-statistics total cross sections for the vector meson photoproduction at the threshold: $\gamma p\to \omega p$ (from A2 at MAMI, ELPH, and CBELSA/TAPS), $\gamma p\to \phi p$ (from CLAS and LEPS), and $\gamma p\to J\mathrm{/}\psi p$ (from GlueX) allow one to extract the absolute value of vector meson nucleon scattering length using Vector Meson Dominance (VMD) model. The ``young’’ vector meson hypothesis may explain the fact that the obtained scattering length value for the nucleon $\phi$-meson compared to the typical hadron size of approximately $\sim 1\mathrm{f}\mathrm{m}$ indicates that the proton is more transparent for the $\phi$-meson compared to the $\omega$-meson and is much less transparent than the $J\mathrm{/}\psi$-meson. The extended analysis of $\mathrm{{\rm Y}}$-meson photoproduction using quasi-data from the QCD approach is in perfect agreement with the light-meson findings using experimental data. Future high-quality experiments by EIC and EicC will have the opportunity to evaluate cases for $J\mathrm{/}\psi$- and $\mathrm{{\rm Y}}$-mesons. It allows one to understand the dynamics of $c\bar{c}$ and $b\bar{b}$ production at the threshold. The ability of J-PARC to measure ${\pi }^{-}p\to \phi n$ and ${\pi }^{-}p\to J\mathrm{/}\psi n$, which are free from the VMD model, is considered.