A study of the angular distributions of leptons from decays of J/psi's produced in p-C and p-W collisions at sqrt{s}=41.6 GeV has been performed in the Feynman-x region -0.34 < x_F < 0.14 and for transverse momentum up to 5.4 GeV/c. The data were collected by the HERA-B experiment at the HERA proton ring of the DESY laboratory. The results, based on a clean selection of 2.3 x 10^5 J/psi's reconstructed in both the e^+ e^- and mu^+ mu^- decay channels, indicate that J/psi's are produced with longitudinal polarization. The magnitude of the effect is maximal at low p_T. For p_T >1 GeV/c a significant dependence on the reference frame is found: the polar anisotropy is more pronounced in the Collins-Soper frame and almost vanishes in the helicity frame, where, instead, a significant azimuthal anisotropy arises

I. ABT, M. ADAMS, M. AGARI, H. ALBRECHT, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. AMARAL, et al. (2009). Angular distributions of leptons from J/psi's produced in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, C60, 517-524 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0957-7].

Angular distributions of leptons from J/psi's produced in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions

BERTIN, ANTONIO;DE CASTRO, STEFANO;FABBRI, LAURA;MASSA, IGNAZIO GIACOMO;PICCININI, MAURIZIO;SBRIZZI, ANTONIO;SEMPRINI CESARI, NICOLA;VILLA, MAURO;VITALE, ANTONIO;ZOCCOLI, ANTONIO
2009

Abstract

A study of the angular distributions of leptons from decays of J/psi's produced in p-C and p-W collisions at sqrt{s}=41.6 GeV has been performed in the Feynman-x region -0.34 < x_F < 0.14 and for transverse momentum up to 5.4 GeV/c. The data were collected by the HERA-B experiment at the HERA proton ring of the DESY laboratory. The results, based on a clean selection of 2.3 x 10^5 J/psi's reconstructed in both the e^+ e^- and mu^+ mu^- decay channels, indicate that J/psi's are produced with longitudinal polarization. The magnitude of the effect is maximal at low p_T. For p_T >1 GeV/c a significant dependence on the reference frame is found: the polar anisotropy is more pronounced in the Collins-Soper frame and almost vanishes in the helicity frame, where, instead, a significant azimuthal anisotropy arises
2009
I. ABT, M. ADAMS, M. AGARI, H. ALBRECHT, A. ALEKSANDROV, V. AMARAL, et al. (2009). Angular distributions of leptons from J/psi's produced in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, C60, 517-524 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0957-7].
I. ABT; M. ADAMS; M. AGARI; H. ALBRECHT; A. ALEKSANDROV; V. AMARAL; A. AMORIM; S.J. APLIN; V. AUSHEV; Y. BAGATURIA; V. BALAGURA; M. BARGIOTTI; O. BARS...espandi
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