Published June 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Color-octet mechanism and J/ψ polarization at CERN LEP

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Hong-Ik University, Seoul 121-791 (Korea)

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Polarized heavy quarkonium productions in Z0 decays are considered. We find that polarizations of the produced quarkonia are independent of that of the parent Z0 provided that one considers the energy distribution or the total production rate. Produced J/ψ close-quote s via the color-octet and the color-singlet mechanisms are expected to be 19% and 29% longitudinally polarized, respectively. The energy dependence of η1,8(x) ≡dΓ1,8L/dx/dΓ1,8/dx is very sensitive to the production mechanism, and, therefore, the measurement of η(x)expt will be an independent probe of the color-octet mechanism. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 6839-6843.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ