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Possible solution of the J/psi production puzzle

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We argue that the s-channel cut contribution to J/psi hadroproduction can be significantly larger than the usual cut contribution of the color-singlet mechanism, which is known to underestimate the experimental measurements. A scenario accounting for intermediate c(ˉc)c\bar(c) interactions is proposed that reproduces the data at low- and mid-range transverse momenta P_T from the Fermilab Tevatron and BNL Relativistiv Heavy Ion Collider. The J/psi produced in this manner are polarized predominantly longitudinally.

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@article{arxiv.0709.3471,
  title  = {Possible solution of the J/psi production puzzle},
  author = {H. Haberzettl and J. P. Lansberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3471},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures; version (with minor text revisions) as published in PRL