Published August 1, 2004 | Version v1
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Heavy-quark production in proton-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Universita di Trieste and INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Strada Costiera 11, Miramare-Grignano, I-34014 Trieste (Italy)

Description

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 bb-barbb-bar, cc-barcc-bar, and bb-barcc-bar production due to single- and double-parton scatterings, in collisions of protons with nuclei at the CERN LHC

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.70.034022;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ph/0301175v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034022-034022.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36009839
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
B QUARKS; C QUARKS; CERN LHC; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTON MODEL; PERTURBATION THEORY; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PROTONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKONIUM; T QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BARYONS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; CHARM PARTICLES; COMPOSITE MODELS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARKS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOP PARTICLES

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