{psi}{sup {prime}} polarization due to color-octet quarkonia production
- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
We calculate the polarization of {psi}{sup {prime}} due to gg{r_arrow}Q{bar Q}[{sup 2S+1}L{sub J}{sup (8)}]g{r_arrow}{psi}{sup ({lambda})} color-octet quarkonia production. We find that at low transverse momenta the {psi}{sup {prime}} is unpolarized due to the contributions proportional to the L=S=0 and L=S=1 color-octet matrix elements. As p{sub {perpendicular}} increases, the {psi}{sup {prime}} mesons become 100{percent} polarized, as predicted by fragmentation calculations. Polarization due to lowest-order color-singlet production is also considered, which qualitatively has a similar shape to the color-octet production. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- Research Organization:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-92ER40701
- OSTI ID:
- 542785
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Vol. 56, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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