Publication
Title
Polarization effects in double open-charm production at LHCb
Author
Abstract
Double open-charm production is one of the most promising channels to disentangle single from double parton scattering (DPS) and study different properties of DPS. Several studies of the DPS contributions have been made. A missing ingredient so far has been the study of polarization effects, arising from spin correlations between the two partons inside an unpolarized proton. We investigate the impact polarization has on the double open-charm cross section. We show that the longitudinally polarized gluons can give significant contributions to the cross section, but for most of the considered kinematic region only have a moderate effect on the shape. We compare our findings to the LHCb data in the (DD0)-D-0 final state, identify observables where polarization does have an impact on the distribution of the final state particles, and suggest measurements which could lead to first experimental indications of, or limits on, polarization in DPS.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2015
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP04(2015)034
Volume/pages
4 (2015) , p. 1-23 , 23 p.
Article Reference
034
ISI
000356853000003
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
QWORK: Quantum Chromodynamics at Work
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 03.09.2015
Last edited 04.03.2024
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