The high-energy spectrum of QCD from inclusive emissions of charmed $B$-mesons

Abstract

We investigate the high-energy behavior of strong interactions through a study on the inclusive hadroproduction of charmed $B$-mesons ($B_c$ or $B_c^{\ast }$ states) accompanied by non-charmed $b$-hadron or light-flavored jet emissions at LHC energies and kinematic configurations. By making use of the hybrid high-energy and collinear factorization, where the standard fixed-order description based on collinear parton densities and fragmentation functions is enhanced via the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) resummation of energy logarithms, we perform a full next-to-leading order analysis of distributions differential in rapidities and azimuthal angles calculated by the hands of the JETHAD multi-modular working package. The large observed transverse momenta justify the use of non-relativistic QCD next-to-leading order fragmentation functions to describe the heavy-flavored meson production mechanism. We come out with the conclusion that the study of this process can be included in forthcoming analyses at the (high-luminosity) LHC as a tool to access the QCD dynamics at high energies and to explore possible common ground between different resummation approaches.

arXiv comment10 pages, 4 figures, 90 references, version published in Phys. Lett. B

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