BC MESON PRODUCTION AT HADRON COLLIDERS BY HEAVY-QUARK FRAGMENTATION

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CHEUNG, K
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[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3413
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present a reliable estimate on the production rate of B(c) mesons in 1S and 2S states in the large transverse momentum region at hadronic colliders using heavy quark fragmentation function, derived within the framework of perturbative QCD. We also present the transverse momentum distribution for the B(c) mesons. The production rate is large enough for the B(c) mesons to be identified at the Fermilab Tevatron. At the Superconducting Super Collider or the CERN Large Hadron Collider the rate is so large that their properties can be studied in detail.
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页码:3413 / 3416
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