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Polarizations of J/ψ and ψ(2S) Mesons Produced in pp Collisions at s√=1.96  TeV

ContributorsCDF Collaboration
Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 99, no. 13, 132001
Publication date2007
Abstract

We have measured the polarizations of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons as functions of their transverse momentum pT when they are produced promptly in the rapidity range |y|<0.6 with pT≥5  GeV/c. The analysis is performed using a data sample with an integrated luminosity of about 800  pb−1 collected by the CDF II detector. For both vector mesons, we find that the polarizations become increasingly longitudinal as pT increases from 5 to 30  GeV/c. These results are compared to the predictions of nonrelativistic quantum chromodynamics and other contemporary models. The effective polarizations of J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons from B-hadron decays are also reported.

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CDF Collaboration. Polarizations of <em>J/ψ</em> and <em>ψ</em>(2S) Mesons Produced in <em>pp</em> Collisions at s√=1.96  TeV. In: Physical review letters, 2007, vol. 99, n° 13, p. 132001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.132001
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