Charm production from proton-proton collisions

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Abstract

We evaluate the cross sections for charmed hadron production from proton-proton reactions pp→Dˉ0pΛc+pp\to\bar D^0pΛ_c^+ and pp→Dˉ∗0pΛc+pp\to\bar D^{*0}pΛ_c^+ using a hadronic Lagrangian. With empirical coupling constants and cutoff parameters in the form factors, sum of their cross sections at center-of-mass energy of 11.5 GeV is about 1 μμb and is comparable to measured inclusive cross section for charmed hadron production from proton-proton reactions. The cross section decreases to about 1 nb at 40 MeV above threshold.

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