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We calculate the $\alpha_s$ corrections to the transverse polarization fraction of $\psi^\prime$'s produced at the Tevatron. If the `$\psi^\prime$-anomaly' is explained by gluon fragmentation into a colour octet Fock component of the…
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We calculate the polarization of prompt $\varUpsilon$($n$S) production in the improved color evaporation model at leading order employing the $k_T$-factorization approach. We present the polarization parameter $\lambda_\vartheta$ of prompt…
We update the study of the production of direct J/Psi in association with a Z boson at the Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) in alpha_s by evaluating both the yield differential in P_T and the J/Psi polarisation in the QCD-based Colour-Singlet…
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