Physics Letters B 751 (2015) 479–486
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J/ψ-pair production at large momenta: Indications for double parton
scatterings and large α
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contributions
Jean-Philippe Lansberg
a
, Hua-Sheng Shao
b,c
a
IPNO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91406, Orsay, France
b
Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
c
PH Department, TH Unit, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history:
Received
2 April 2015
Received
in revised form 26 October 2015
Accepted
28 October 2015
Available
online 3 November 2015
Editor:
J.-P. Blaizot
Keywords:
Quarkonium
production
Double
parton scattering
QCD
corrections
We demonstrate that the recent studies of J /ψ-pair production by CMS at the LHC and by D0 at the
Tevatron reveal the presence of different production mechanisms in different kinematical regions. We
find out that next-to-leading-order single parton scattering contributions at α
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s
dominate the yield at
large transverse momenta of the pair. Our analysis further emphasises the importance of double parton
scatterings – which are expected to dominate the yield at large J/ψ-rapidity differences – at large
invariant masses of the pair in the CMS acceptance, and thereby solve a large discrepancy between the
theory and the CMS data. In addition, we provide the first exact – gauge-invariant and infrared-safe –
evaluation of a class of leading-P
T
(P
−4
T
) next-to-next-to-leading-order contributions at α
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s
, which can
be relevant in the region of large values of P
T min
= min(P
T 1
, P
T 2
). Finally, we derive simple relations
for the feed-down fractions from the production of an excited charmonium state with a J /ψ in the
case of the dominance of the double parton scatterings, which significantly deviate from those for single
parton scatterings. Such relations can be used to discriminate these extreme scenarios, either DPS or SPS
dominance.
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1. Introduction
Heavy-quarkonium production has attracted considerable inter-
est
in the high-energy physics community since the J /ψ discovery,
exactly forty years ago. It indeed probes the strong interaction at
the interplay of its perturbative and non-perturbative regimes [1].
It can also help to understand a new dynamics of hadron collision
where multiple (hard) parton scatterings (MPS) take place. MPS
are normally very rare since already a single (hard) parton scat-
tering
(SPS) is rare as compared to soft scatterings. Owing to the
high parton flux at high energies, MPS should be likelier at the
LHC, starting with two short-distance interactions from a single
hadron–hadron collision, usually referred to as double parton scat-
tering
(DPS). These have been searched in 4-jets [2–4], γ + 3-jets
[5,6], W +2-jets [7,8], J/ψ + W [9], J/ψ + Z [10], 4-charm [11],
J/ψ +charm [11] and J/ψ + J /ψ [12] final states.
E-mail address: lansberg@in2p3.fr (J.-P. Lansberg).
Along these lines, J /ψ-pair hadroproduction is of great interest.
First, it provides an original tool to study quarkonium produc-
tion
in conventional SPSs. Most of the earlier theoretical studies
are based on SPSs [13–22]; some using the colour-singlet model
(CSM) [23], others Nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD) [24]. Moreover, it
is widely claimed that DPSs [25–28] could indeed be a significant
source of J /ψ pairs at the LHC in proton–proton collisions and
in proton–nucleus/nucleus–nucleus collisions [29,30]. Generally, it
remains a poorly understood process. Its measurement with both
J/ψ decaying into a muon pair is a clean signal, accessible to most
experiments, which is complementary to the DPS studies based on
open charm mesons and hadronic jets. With respect to the lat-
ter,
it allows one to investigate the physics of DPS at lower scales
and lower x where different mechanisms may be at work (see e.g.
[31]).
The
first observation of J/ψ-pair events dates back to that of
the CERN-NA3 Collaboration [32,33]. Recently, the LHCb [34], CMS
[35] and D0 [12] Collaborations reported their measurements at
the LHC and the Tevatron. In contrast to Kom et al. [25], we re-
cently
pointed out [21] that no definite conclusion on the presence
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SCOAP
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