Production and polarization of $Λ_c^+$ and the charm of the proton

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1997-02-05

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9702256v2

Phys.Rev.D56:394-401,1997

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

references to figures corrected. Final version to appear in Physical Review D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.56.394

We propose a two-component model involving the parton fusion mechanism and recombination of a $ud$ valence diquark with a sea $c$-quark of the incident proton to describe $\Lambda_c^+$ inclusive production in $pp$ collisions. We also study the polarization of the produced $\Lambda_c^+$ in the framework of the Thomas Precession Model for polarization. We show that a measurement of the $\Lambda_c$ polarization is a sensitive test of its production mechanism. In particular the intrinsic charm model predicts a positive polarization for the $\Lambda_c$ within the framework of the Thomas Precession Model, while according to the model presented here the $\Lambda_c$ polarization should be negative. The measurement of the $\Lambda_c$ polarization provides a close examination of intrinsic charm Fock states in the proton and give interesting information about the hadroproduction of charm.

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