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Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 578–583 (1997)

Production of J/ψ Mesons from χc Meson Decays in pp̅ Collisions at s = 1.8TeV

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F. Abe et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 7 February 1997; published in the issue dated 28 July 1997

We have measured the fraction of J/ψ mesons originating from χc meson decays in pp̅ collisions at s = 1.8TeV. The fraction, for PTJ/ψ>4.0GeV/c and |ηJ/ψ|<0.6, not including contributions from b flavored hadrons, is 29.7%±1.7%(stat)±5.7%(syst). We have determined the cross sections for J/ψ mesons originating from χc decays and for directly produced J/ψ mesons. We have found that direct J/ψ production is in excess of the prediction of the color singlet model by the same factor found for direct ψ(2S) production.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.578
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.578
PACS:
13.85.Ni, 14.40.Gx