Production of quarkonium pairs via the fragmentation mechanism

Abstract

In this manuscript, we analyze the contribution of fragmentation mechanisms to the inclusive hadroproduction of heavy quarkonium pairs, taking into account both single- and double-hadron (dihadron) fragmentation channels. To estimate the contribution of the latter mechanism, we construct a microscopic perturbative model of the dihadron fragmentation function, which is valid in the limit of large invariant masses of the heavy quarkonium pair. Using the Color Glass Condensate framework to evaluate the $Q\bar{Q}$ production amplitude, we find that in LHC kinematics, the single fragmentation of heavy quarks into quarkonium is only a minor correction, whereas dihadron fragmentation can provide a sizable contribution, on par with the contributions of single- and double-parton scattering.