Hard Inclusive Production and a Violation of the Factorization Theorem

A new mechanism for hard inclusive production, which leads to a violation of the factorization theorem, is suggested. The mechanism is illustrated by a detailed discussion of Higgs meson production in high energy deutron-deutron scattering. Numerical estimates for the effect are given for high energy hadron (nucleus) scattering. 1) Email: [email protected] . 2) Email: [email protected] . 3) Email: [email protected] . In this letter we consider a new mechanism for hard inclusive production, which violates the factorization theorem [1]. We illustrate this mechanism for the case of inclusive heavy Higgs production in deutron-deutron high energy scattering. The suggested mechanism is present in any central hard inclusive production, such as the high pT inclusive production of mini jets and jets. The usual description of inclusive production of a Higgs meson in a deutron-deutron interaction, is given by a simple Mueller diagram [2] shown in Fig.1a. Our calculation is based on the impulse approximation in which the production mechanism is initiated by a primary single nucleon-nucleon collision. Assuming the factorization theorem, the cross section of interest is given by