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Polarized J/psi from chi_{cJ} and psi' Decays at the Tevatron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-23 v1

Abstract

We calculate the partonic cross sections for the hadroproduction of polarized chi_{cJ} mesons using the factorization formalism of nonrelativistic QCD. We also describe how the polarization is passed on to the J/psi mesons in the radiative feed-down chi_{cJ} -> J/psi + gamma and in the double-cascade decays of psi' mesons via chi_{cJ} intermediate states. These represent the missing ingredients needed to predict the polarization of prompt J/psi mesons at the Fermilab Tevatron.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0007292,
  title  = {Polarized J/psi from chi_{cJ} and psi' Decays at the Tevatron},
  author = {Bernd A. Kniehl and Jungil Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0007292},
  year   = {2011}
}

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17 pages (Latex), 1 figure (Postscript)