Heavy Quark State Production In p-p Collisions

TL;DR

This paper estimates the production probabilities of certain heavy quarkonium states in proton-proton collisions at various colliders, using a hybrid meson theory that accounts for mixed quark and hybrid components.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical approach based on mixed heavy quark hybrid states to predict production ratios of quarkonium states in high-energy collisions.

Findings

Predicted relative production probabilities at BNL-RHIC and LHC.

Showed equal mixture of normal and hybrid components in specific mesons.

Provided theoretical estimates aligning with experimental data.

Abstract

We estimate the relative probabilities of $\Psi'(2S)$ to $J/\Psi$ production at BNL-RHIC and $\Upsilon(nS)$ production at the LHC and Fermilab in p-p collisions, using our recent theory of mixed heavy quark hybrids, in which the $\Psi'(2S)$ and $\Upsilon(3S)$ mesons have approximately equal normal $q\bar{q}$ and hybrid $q\bar{q}g$ components.