Inclusive prompt χc,b(1++)\chi _{c,b}(1^{++}) production at the LHC

Jun 29, 2015
14 pages
Published in:
  • Eur.Phys.J.C 75 (2015) 12, 616
  • Published: Dec 28, 2015
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Report number:
  • IPPP-15-40,
  • DCPT-15-80

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Abstract: (Springer)
We study the prompt production of the χc(1+)\chi _c(1^+) and χb(1+)\chi _b(1^+) mesons at high energies. Unlike χ(0+,2+)\chi (0^+,2^+) production, χ(1+)\chi (1^+) mesons cannot be created at LO via the fusion of two on-mass-shell gluons, that is, ggχc,b(1+)gg\rightarrow \chi _{c,b}(1^+) are not allowed. However, the available experimental data show that the cross sections for χc(1+)\chi _c(1^+) and χc(2+)\chi _c(2^+) are comparable. We therefore investigate four other χ(1+)\chi (1^+) production mechanisms: namely, (i) the standard NLO process ggχc,b(1+)+ggg\rightarrow \chi _{c,b}(1^+)+g , (ii) via gluon virtuality, (iii) via gluon reggeisation and, finally, (iv) the possibility to form χc,b(1+)\chi _{c,b}(1^+) by the fusion of three gluons, where one extra gluon comes from another parton cascade, as in the Double Parton Scattering processes.
Note:
  • 14 pages, 3 figures, two typos: one above eq.(25), other in (29). The version in EPJC is correct
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • p p: scattering
  • gluon: fusion
  • gluon: Regge
  • parton: cascade
  • parton: multiple scattering
  • selection rule
  • chi/c1(3510): direct production
  • chi/c1(3510): inclusive production
  • chi/b1(9890): direct production