2009/11/10 by Pierre Artoisenet, Eric Braaten · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.81.114018
published as Phys.Rev.D81:114018,2010 · 29 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2009/11/10 · openalex publication_date 2010/06/11 · arxiv updated 2014/11/20 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We predict the differential cross sections for production of the X(3872) at the Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider from both prompt QCD mechanisms and from decays of b hadrons. The prompt cross section is calculated using the nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD) factorization formula. Simplifying assumptions are used to reduce the nonperturbative parameters to a single nonrelativistic QCD matrix element that is determined from an estimate of the prompt cross section at the Tevatron. For X(3872) with transverse momenta greater than about 4 GeV, the predicted cross section is insensitive to the simplifying assumptions. We also discuss critically a recent analysis that concluded that the prompt production rate at the Tevatron is too large by orders of magnitude for the X(3872) to be a weakly bound charm-meson molecule. We point out that if charm-meson rescattering is properly taken into account, the upper bound is increased by orders of magnitude and is compatible with the observed production rate at the Tevatron.