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Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 572–577 (1997)

J/ψ and ψ(2S) Production in pp̅ Collisions at s = 1.8TeV

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F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 3 February 1997; published in the issue dated 28 July 1997

We present a study of J/ψ and ψ(2S) production in pp̅ collisions, at s = 1.8TeV with the CDF detector at Fermilab. The J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons are reconstructed using their μ+μ- decay modes. We have measured the inclusive production cross section for both mesons as a function of their transverse momentum in the central region, |η|<0.6. We also measure the fraction of these events originating from b hadrons. We thus extract individual cross sections for J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons from b-quark decays and prompt production. We find a large excess (approximately a factor of 50) of direct ψ(2S) production compared with predictions from the color singlet model.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.572
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.572
PACS:
13.85.Ni, 14.40.Gx