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The production of $chi_{c1}(3872)$ and $psi(2S)$ hadrons is studied as a function of charged particle multiplicity in $pp$ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb$^{-1}$. For both states, the fraction that is produced promptly at the collision vertex is found to decrease as charged particle multiplicity increases. The ratio of $chi_{c1}(3872)$ to $psi(2S)$ cross-sections for promptly produced particles is also found to decrease with multiplicity, while no significant dependence on multiplicity is observed for the equivalent ratio of particles produced away from the collision vertex in $b$-hadron decays. This behavior is consistent with a calculation that models the $chi_{c1}(3872)$ structure as a compact tetraquark. Comparisons with model calculations and implications for the binding energy of the $chi_{c1}(3872)$ state are discussed.
Using proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to 1.0, 2.0 and 1.9fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity at the centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, respectively, the decay $Lambda_b^0to chi_{c1}(3872)pK^-$ with $chi_{c1}to J/psipi^+pi^-$ is observed for the first time. The significance of the observed signal is in excess of seven standard deviations. It is found that $(58pm15)%$ of the decays proceed via the two-body intermediate state $chi_{c1}(3872)Lambda(1520)$. The~branching fraction with respect to that of the $Lambda_brightarrowpsi(2S)p K^{-}$ decay mode, where the $psi(2S)$~meson is reconstructed in the $J/psi pi^+pi^-$ final state, is measured to be: begin{equation*} frac{Lambda_b^0tochi_{c1}(3872)pK^-}{Lambda_btopsi(2S)p K^-} times frac{mathcal{B}(chi_{c1} to J/psi pi^+pi^-)}{mathcal{B}(psi(2S)to J/psi pi^+pi^-)} = left(5.4 pm 1.1 pm 0.2right)times 10^{-2},, end{equation*} where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.
The polarizations of prompt J/psi and psi(2S) mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, using a dimuon data sample collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 inverse femtobarns. The prompt J/psi and psi(2S) polarization parameters lambda[theta], lambda[phi], and lambda[theta,phi], as well as the frame-invariant quantity lambda(tilde), are measured from the dimuon decay angular distributions in three different polarization frames. The J/psi results are obtained in the transverse momentum range 14 < pt < 70 GeV, in the rapidity intervals abs(y) < 0.6 and 0.6 < abs(y) < 1.2. The corresponding psi(2S) results cover 14 < pt < 50 GeV and include a third rapidity bin, 1.2 < abs(y) < 1.5. No evidence of large transverse or longitudinal polarizations is seen in these kinematic regions, which extend much beyond those previously explored.
Exclusive $J/psi$ and $psi(2S)$ vector meson production has been observed in the dimuon channel using the LHCb detector. The cross-section times branching fractions to two muons with pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5 are measured to be $ sigma_{pprightarrow J/psi (rightarrow mu^{+} mu^{-})} (2.0 <eta_{mu^{pm}}< 4.5) = 307 pm 21 pm 36 text{pb}, sigma_{pprightarrow psi(2S) (rightarrow mu^{+} mu^{-})} (2.0 <eta_{mu^{pm}}< 4.5) = 7.8 pm 1.3 pm 1.0 text{pb}, $ where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. The measurements are found to be in good agreement with results from previous experiments and theoretical predictions. The $J/psi$ photoproduction cross-section has been measured as a function of the photon-proton centre-of-mass energy. The results are consistent with measurements obtained at HERA and confirm a similar power law behaviour for the photoproduction cross-section.
We present various properties of the production of the $X(3872)$ and $psi(2S)$ states based on 10.4 fb$^{-1}$ collected by D0 experiment in Tevatron $p bar p$ collisions at $sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV. For both states, we measure the nonprompt fraction $f_{NP}$ of the inclusive production rate due to decays of $b$-flavored hadrons. We find the $f_{NP}$ values systematically below those obtained at the LHC. The $f_{NP}$ fraction for $psi(2S)$ increases with transverse momentum whereas for the X(3872) it is constant within large uncertainties, in agreement with the LHC results. The ratio of prompt to nonprompt $psi(2S)$ production, $(1 - f_{NP}) / f_{NP}$, decreases only slightly going from the Tevatron to the LHC, but for the $X(3872)$ this ratio decreases by a factor of about 3. We test the soft-pion signature of the $X(3872)$ modeled as a weakly-bound charm-meson pair by studying the production of the $X(3872)$ as a function of the kinetic energy of the $X(3872)$ and the pion in the $X(3872)pi$ center-of-mass frame. For a subsample consistent with prompt production, the results are incompatible with a strong enhancement in the production of the $X(3872)$ at small kinetic energy of the $X(3872)$ and the $pi$ in the $X(3872)pi$ center-of-mass frame expected for the $X$+soft-pion production mechanism. For events consistent with being due to decays of $b$ hadrons, there is no significant evidence for the soft-pion effect but its presence at the level expected for the binding energy of 0.17 MeV and the momentum scale $Lambda=M(pi)$ is not ruled out.