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Complete Nonrelativistic-QCD Prediction for Prompt Double $J/\psi$ Hadroproduction

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We perform a complete study of prompt double J/ψJ/\psi hadroproduction at leading order in the nonrelativistic-QCD factorization framework by including all possible pairings of the ccˉc\bar{c} Fock states 1 ⁣S0[8]{}^1\!S_0^{[8]}, 3 ⁣S1[1,8]{}^3\!S_1^{[1,8]}, and 3 ⁣PJ[1,8]{}^3\!P_J^{[1,8]} with J=0,1,2J=0,1,2. We find that the 1 ⁣S0[8]{}^1\!S_0^{[8]} and 3 ⁣PJ[8]{}^3\!P_J^{[8]} channels of J/ψJ/\psi and ψ\psi^\prime production and the 3 ⁣PJ[1]{}^3\!P_J^{[1]} and 3 ⁣S1[8]{}^3\!S_1^{[8]} channels of χcJ\chi_{cJ} production, which have been overlooked so far, greatly dominate at large invariant masses and rapidity separations of the J/ψJ/\psi pair, and that their inclusion nearly fills the large gap between previous incomplete predictions within the color-singlet model and the recent measurement by the CMS Collaboration at the CERN LHC, leaving room for next-to-leading-order corrections of typical size.

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@article{arxiv.1609.02786,
  title  = {Complete Nonrelativistic-QCD Prediction for Prompt Double $J/\psi$ Hadroproduction},
  author = {Zhi-Guo He and Bernd A. Kniehl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.02786},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures, matches journal version