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S. M. Moosavi Nejad

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arXiv2016

Heavy quark fragmentation functions at next-to-leading perturbative QCD

It is well-known that the dominant mechanism to produce hadronic bound states with large transverse momentum is fragmentation. This mechanism is described by the fragmentation functions (FFs) which are the universal and process-independent functions. Here, we review the perturbative FFs formalism as an appropriate tool for studying these hadronization processes and detail the extension of this formalism at next-to-leading order (NLO). Using the Suzuki's model, we calculate the perturbative QCD FF for a heavy quark to fragment into a S-wave heavy meson at NLO. As an example, we study the LO and NLO FFs for a charm quark to split into the S-wave $D$-meson and compare our analytic results both with experimental data and well-known phenomenological models.

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arXiv2016

Proton fragmentation functions considering finite-mass corrections

We present new sets of proton fragmentation functions describing the production of protons from the gluon and each of the quarks, obtained by a global fit to all relevant data sets extracted from the single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation. Our analysis is in good agreement with $e^+e^-$ annihilation data. We also impose the finite-mass effects of proton in our calculations, a topic with a very little attention paid to in the literatures. Proton mass effects turn out to be appreciable for the gluon and light quark fragmentation functions, so the inclusion of finite-mass effects tends to improve the overall description of the data by reducing the minimized $χ^2$ values, significantly. As an application, we also apply the extracted fragmentation functions to make our predictions for the scaled-energy distribution of protons inclusively produced in top quark decays at next-to-leading order, relying on the universality and scaling violations of fragmentation functions.

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arXiv2015

Spin-dependent energy distribution of B-hadrons from polarized top decays considering the azimuthal correlation rate

In our previous work, we studied the polar distribution of the scaled energy of bottom-flavored hadrons from polarized top quark decays $t(\uparrow)\rightarrow W^++b(\rightarrow X_b)$, using two different helicity coordinate systems. Basically, the energy distributions are governed by the unpolarized, polar and azimuthal rate functions which are related to the density matrix elements of the decay $t(\uparrow)\rightarrow W^++b$. Here we present, for the first time, the analytical expressions for the ${\cal O}(α_s)$ radiative corrections to the differential azimuthal decay rates of the partonic process $t(\uparrow)\rightarrow b+W^+(+g)$ in two helicity systems, which are needed to study the azimuthal distribution of the energy spectrum of the B-hadron produced in polarized top quark decays. Our predictions of the hadron energy distributions enable us to deepen our knowledge of the hadronization process and to determine the polarization states of top quarks.

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arXiv2015

Fragmentation functions of $g\rightarrow η_c (^{1}S_0)$ and $g\rightarrow J/ψ(^{3}S_1)$ considering the role of heavy quarkonium spin

The production of heavy quarkonia is a powerful tool to test our understanding of strong interaction dynamics. It is well-known that the dominant production mechanism for heavy quarkonia with large transverse momentum is fragmentation. In this work we, analytically, calculate the QCD leading order contribution to the process-independent fragmentation functions (FFs) for a gluon to split into the vector ($J/ψ$) and pseudoscalar ($η_c$) $S$-wave charmonium states. The analyses of this paper differ in which we present, for the first time, an analytical form of the $g\rightarrow J/ψ$ FF using a different approach (Suzuki's model) in comparison with other results presented in literatures, where the Braaten's scheme was used and the two-dimensional integrals were presented for the gluon FFs which must be evaluated numerically. The universal fragmentation probability for the $g\rightarrow J/ψ$ is about $10^{-6}$ which is in good consistency with the result obtained in the Braaten's model.

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arXiv2014

Global analysis of fragmentation functions and their application to polarized top quark decays considering new {\it BABAR} and {\it Belle} experimental data

Recently, the {\it Belle} and {\it BABAR} Collaborations published the single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation data at the center of mass energies ($\sqrt{s}$) of $10.52$ GeV and $10.54$ GeV, respectively. These new data offer one the possibility to determine the nonperturbative initial conditions of fragmentation functions much more accurately. In our previous work \cite{Soleymaninia:2013cxa}, we extracted the fragmentation functions for $π^\pm$ and $K^\pm$ particles at next-to-leading order (NLO) including these new data, for the first time. These new data are in the regions of larger scaled-energy $z$ and lower $\sqrt{s}$. Our main purpose is to show that adding these new data in our analysis how much improve the fragmentation functions of $π^\pm$ and $K^\pm$ at NLO. We hope this analysis can obvious the effects of these recent data on FFs for whom is studying the behavior of light meson FFs. We also apply, for the first time, the extracted fragmentation functions to make our predictions for the scaled-energy distributions of $π^\pm$ and $K^\pm$ inclusively produced in polarized top quark decays at NLO.

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arXiv2014

Determination of pion and kaon fragmentation functions including spin asymmetries data in a global analysis

We present new functional form of pion and kaon fragmentation functions up to next-to-leading order obtained through a global fit to single-inclusive electron-positron annihilation data and also employ, the semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering asymmetry data from HERMES and COMPASS to determine fragmentation functions. Also we apply very recently electron-positron annihilation data from BaBar and Belle at $\sqrt{s}=10.54$ GeV and $\sqrt{s}=10.52$ GeV, respectively. In this analysis we consider the impression of semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering asymmetry data on the fragmentation functions, where the produced hadrons of different electric charge are identified. We break symmetry assumption between quark and anti-quark fragmentation functions for favored partons by using the asymmetry data. The results of our analysis are in good agreement with electron-positron annihilation data and also with all the semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering asymmetry data. Also we apply the obtained fragmentation functions to predict the scaled-energy distribution of $π^+/K^+$ inclusively produced in top-quark decays at next-to-leading order using the zero-mass variable-flavor-number scheme exploiting the universality and scaling violations of fragmentation functions.

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