Coalescence model for Theta_c pentaquark formation

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dc.creatorKarliner, Marek
dc.creatorWebber, Bryan R.
dc.date2004-09-10
dc.date2005-01-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:49:14Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a model for the formation of the charmed pentaquark Theta_c in hard scattering processes such as deep inelastic scattering, e^+e^- annihilation, and high-energy p pbar collisions. The model assumes that the cross section for Theta_c formation is proportional to the rate of production of p D^{*-} (or pbar D^{*+}) pairs in close proximity both in momentum space and in coordinate space. The constant of proportionality is determined from the Theta_c cross section in deep inelastic scattering as reported by the H1 experiment. The HERWIG Monte Carlo is used to generate simulated DIS events and also to model the space-time structure of the final state. Requiring the proton and the D^* be within a 100 MeV mass window and separated by a spacelike distance of no more than 2 fm, we find that a large "coalescence enhancement factor" F_co \sim 10 is required to account for the H1 signal. The same approach is then applied in order to estimate the number and characteristics of Theta_c events produced at LEP and the Tevatron.
dc.descriptionExpanded general discussion of the coalescence model. Revised sec. 2.4, following correction of an error in HERWIG in the programming of the space-time structure of the underlying event in hadron-hadron collisions. Quantitative changes are small
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0409121
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0409121
dc.identifierJHEP0412:045,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/12/045
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184152
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleCoalescence model for Theta_c pentaquark formation
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