Relativistic corrections to $J/\psi$ polarization in photo- and hadroproduction

Abstract

We systematically calculate the relativistic corrections to the polarization variables of prompt $J/\psi$ photoproduction and hadroproduction using the factorization formalism of nonrelativistic QCD. Specifically, we include the ${}^3{S}_1^{[1]}$ and ${}^3{P}_J^{[1]}$ color-singlet and the ${}^3{S}_1^{[8]}$, ${}^1{S}_0^{[8]}$, and ${}^3{P}_J^{[8]}$ color-octet channels as well as the effects due to the mixing between the ${}^3{S}_1^{[8]}$ and ${}^3{D}_1^{[8]}$ channels. We provide all the squared hard-scattering amplitudes in analytic form. Assuming the nonrelativistic-QCD long-distance matrix elements to satisfy the velocity scaling rules, we find the relativistic corrections to be appreciable, especially at small transverse momentum $p_T$ and large inelasticity $z$. The results obtained here and in our previous work on the unpolarized yield [Phys. Rev. D 90, 014045 (2014)] will help to render global analyses of prompt $J/\psi$ production data more complete and hopefully to shed light on the $J/\psi$ polarization puzzle.

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