InclusiveJ/ψandψ(2S)production fromBdecay inpp¯collisions

Abstract
Using information on B-meson fragmentation functions from CERN LEP 1 and adopting the nonrelativistic QCD factorization formalism proposed by Bodwin, Braaten, and Lepage, we predict the transverse-momentum distribution of J/ψ mesons originating from the inclusive decays of b hadrons produced in pp¯ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron. We determine the relevant color-octet charmonium matrix elements from fits to CDF data on prompt charmonium hadroproduction and to CLEO data on charmonium production from B-meson decay. Our predictions are found to agree well with recent CDF and D0 data.
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