Quarkonium production in the LHC era: a polarized perspective

Abstract

Polarization measurements are usually considered as the most difficult challenge for the QCD description of quarkonium production. In fact, global data fits for the determination of the non-perturbative parameters of bound-state formation traditionally exclude polarization observables and use them as a posteriori verifications of the predictions, with perplexing results. With a change of perspective, we move polarization data to the centre of the study, advocating that they actually provide the strongest fundamental indications about the production mechanisms, even before we explicitly consider perturbative calculations. Considering psi(2S) and Y(3S) measurements from LHC experiments and state-of-the-art NLO short-distance calculations in the framework of non-relativistic QCD factorization (NRQCD), we perform a search for a kinematic domain where the polarizations can be correctly reproduced together with the cross sections, by systematically scanning the phase space and accurately treating the experimental uncertainties. This strategy provides a straightforward solution to the "quarkonium polarization puzzle" and reassuring signs that the theoretical framework is reliable. At the same time, the results expose unexpected hierarchies in the non-perturbative NRQCD parameters, that open new paths towards the understanding of bound-state formation in QCD.

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