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Hadronic $\psi$ production calculated in the NRQCD factorization formalism

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v3

Abstract

The NRQCD factorization formalism of Bodwin, Braaten, and Lepage prescribes how to write quarkonium production rates as a sum of products of short-distance coefficients times non-perturbative long-distance NRQCD matrix elements. We present, in the true spirit of the factorization formalism, a detailed calculation of the inclusive cross section for hadronic ψ\psi production. We find that in addition to the well known {\it color-singlet} production mechanisms, there are equally important mechanisms in which the ccˉc\bar{c} pair that forms the ψ\psi is initially produced in a {\it color-octet} state, in either a 3S1{}^3S_1, 1S0{}^1S_0, 3P0{}^3P_0 or 3P2{}^3P_2 angular-momentum configuration. In our presentation, we emphasize the ``matching'' procedure, which %is the method that allows us to determine the short-distance coefficients appearing in the factorization formula. We also point out how one may systematically include relativistic corrections in these calculations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9512320,
  title  = {Hadronic $\psi$ production calculated in the NRQCD factorization formalism},
  author = {Sean Fleming and Ivan Maksymyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9512320},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

25 pages, 3 postscript figures, use Revtex and epsfig.sty We fixed some typos, added some text regarding a reference, and changed some equations. The file will be available at http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/