Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-07-27
Phys.Rev.D76:114018,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
27 pages, 5 figures, minor corrections. version published in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.114018
Based on the NRQCD factorization formalism, we calculate the inclusive charm production rate in Upsilon(nS) decay at leading order in the strong coupling constant alpha_s and the relative velocity v of the b quark in the quarkonium rest frame. The branching fractions for Upsilon(nS) to charm for n=1, 2, and 3 are all around 7-9%. About 60% of the branching fraction into charm is from annihilation of the color-singlet bb-bar pair into gamma^* -> cc-bar. Most of the remaining branching fraction is from annihilation of the color-singlet bb-bar pair decaying into cc-bar gg. We also compute the momentum distributions of the charm quark and charmed hadrons in the decays. The virtual-photon contribution to the charm quark momentum distribution is concentrated at the end point while the cc-bar gg contribution is broad. The momentum distributions for charmed hadrons are obtained by convolving the charm-quark momentum distribution with charm fragmentation functions. This makes the momentum distributions for charmed hadrons softer than that for the charm quark. This effect is particularly significant in the virtual-photon contribution.
Kang Daekyoung
Kim Taewon
Lee Jungil
Yu Chaehyun
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