Method to measure quarkonium wave function using $B_c$ decay

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Main Author: Sumino, Yukinari
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contents We propose a method that enables a direct experimental probe of the quarkonium wave function defined in potential nonrelativistic QCD (pNRQCD) using the three-body decay of the $B_c$ meson. We show that the momentum distribution of the spectator $c$-quark in the partonic decay is proportional to the absolute square of the momentum-space wave function of the $B_c$ state. It would provide, for the first time, an experimentally accessible probe of the quarkonium wave function.
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spellingShingle Method to measure quarkonium wave function using $B_c$ decay
Sumino, Yukinari
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We propose a method that enables a direct experimental probe of the quarkonium wave function defined in potential nonrelativistic QCD (pNRQCD) using the three-body decay of the $B_c$ meson. We show that the momentum distribution of the spectator $c$-quark in the partonic decay is proportional to the absolute square of the momentum-space wave function of the $B_c$ state. It would provide, for the first time, an experimentally accessible probe of the quarkonium wave function.
title Method to measure quarkonium wave function using $B_c$ decay
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01114