Heavy-Quark production in proton-nucleus collision at the LHC

Abstract

A sizable rate of events, with several pairs of heavy-quarks produced contemporarily by multiple parton interactions, may be expected at very high energies as a consequence of the large parton luminosities. The production rates are enhanced in hadron-nucleus reactions, which may represent a convenient tool to study the phenomenon. We compare the different contributions to ccbar bbar pairs production due to single and double parton scatterings, in collisions of protons with nuclei at the CERN-LHC.

arXiv comment12 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.D

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