Related papers: $J/\psi$ dissociation by pions in QCD
Improving previous calculations, we compute the $J/\psi \pi\to {charmed mesons}$ cross section using QCD sum rules. Our sum rules for the $J/\psi \pi\to \bar{D} D^*$, $D \bar{D}^*$, ${\bar D}^* D^*$ and ${\bar D} D$ hadronic matrix elements…
We present an evaluation of the strong couplings JD^(*)D^(*) and JD^(*)D^(*)pi by an effective field theory of quarks and mesons. These couplings are necessary to calculate pi+J/psi --> D^(*)+barD^(*) cross sections, an important background…
The $J/\psi \pi\to \bar{D} D^*, \bar{D} D$, ${\bar D}^* D^*$ and ${\bar D} D^*$ cross sections as a function of $\sqrt{s}$ are evaluated in a QCD sum rule calculation. We study the Borel sum rule for the four point function involving…
We calculate the bound state properties of $J/\psi$ in a hot and dense QCD plasma using phenomenological potentials augmented by inputs from perturbative QCD. The temperature and density region of study will be relevant in future heavy ion…
We present a microscopic calculation of the breakup cross sections of $J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ on pions and nucleons as a function of the kinetic energy. These cross sections are used for the investigation of the $J/\psi$ to continuum and…
Improving previous calculations, we compute the $D + \bar{D} \to J/\psi + \pi $ cross section using the most complete effective lagrangians available. The new crucial ingredients are the form factors on the charm meson vertices, which are…
We compute the couplings $DD^*\pi$,$D_1D^*\pi$,$D^*D^*\pi$, $D_1 D_1\pi$ using QCD sum rules. These couplings are important inputs in the meson exchange model calculations used to estimate the amount of $J/\psi$ absorption due to pions and…
We present a new calculation of the pi-J/psi dissociation cross sections within the Constituent Quark-Meson Model recently introduced. To discuss the absorption of J/psi in heavy-ion collisions, we assume the J/psi to be produced inside a…
We evaluate the cross sections for the dissociation of $J/\psi$ and $\psi'$ by $\pi$ and $\rho$ at low collision energies, using the quark-interchange model of Barnes and Swanson. The dissociation cross section for $J/\psi$ by $\pi$ is…
We calculate the amplitudes and the cross sections of the charm dissociation processes J/\psi \pi => D \bar D, D* \bar D, D \bar D*, D* \bar D* within a relativistic constituent quark model. We consistently account for the contributions…
The implication of chiral symmetry for the pion-induced dissociation of the J/psi is examined in detail. It is shown how the low-energy dynamics of pions, constrained by chiral symmetry, affect the dissociation cross-section. The derived…
We employ QCD sum rules to calculate the $J/\psi$ form factors and coupling constants with charmed mesons, by studying three-point correlation functions. In particular we consider the $J/\psi D^*D$ and $J/\psi DD$ vertices. We determine the…
The coupling constant of the meson vertex $J/\psi D_s D_s$ is calculated using the three point correlation function within the QCD Sum Rule formalism. We have considered alternately mesons $J/\psi$ and $D_s$ off-shell together with…
We calculate the cross section for the dissociation of $J/\psi$ by kaons within the framework of a meson exchange model including anomalous parity interactions. Off-shell effects at the vertices were handled with QCD sum rule estimates for…
In this note we present an evaluation of the couplings JD(*)D(*) and JD(*)D(*)pi in the Constituent Quark Model. These couplings are a crucial ingredient in the calculation of cross sections for the processes pi J/psi -> D(*)Dbar(*), an…
We present a nonperturbative QCD calculation of elastic $J/\psi$ meson production in photon-proton scattering at high energies. Using light cone wave functions of the photon and vector mesons, and the framework of the model of the…
We calculate the cross section for the dissociation of $J/\psi$ by kaons within the framework of a meson exchange model. We find that, depending on the values of the coupling constants used, the cross section can vary from 5 mb to 30 mb at…
Using the methods introduced in a previous paper, we consider the dissociation of J/psi by the lowest-lying pseudoscalar and vector mesons in the hadronic fireball formed in heavy ion collisions, assumed to be a hadron gas at temperature T.…
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…
We present a study of the cross sections J/Psi X --> D^(*) \bar D^(*) (X = rho, Phi) based on the calculation of the effective tri- and four-linear couplings J/Psi (X) D^(*) \bar D^(*) within a constituent quark model. In particular, the…