scholarly journals Intrinsic charm in the nucleon and charm production at large rapidities in collinear, hybrid and kT-factorization approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafał Maciuła ◽  
Antoni Szczurek
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Charm Production ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Collinear Factorization ◽  
Factorization Approach ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Neutrino Production ◽  
Intrinsic Charm ◽  
Gluon Distributions

Abstract We discuss the role of intrinsic charm (IC) in the nucleon for forward production of c-quark (or $$ \overline{c} $$ c ¯ -antiquark) in proton-proton collisions for low and high energies. The calculations are performed in collinear-factorization approach with on-shell partons, kT-factorization approach with off-shell partons as well as in a hybrid approach using collinear charm distributions and unintegrated (transverse momentum dependent) gluon distributions. For the collinear-factorization approach we use matrix elements for both massless and massive charm quarks/antiquarks. The distributions in rapidity and transverse momentum of charm quark/antiquark are shown for a few different models of IC. Forward charm production is dominated by gc-fusion processes. The IC contribution dominates over the standard pQCD (extrinsic) gg-fusion mechanism of $$ c\overline{c} $$ c c ¯ -pair production at large rapidities or Feynman-xF. We perform similar calculations within leading-order and next-to-leading order kT-factorization approach. The kT-factorization approach leads to much larger cross sections than the LO collinear approach. At high energies and large rapidities of c-quark or $$ \overline{c} $$ c ¯ -antiquark one tests gluon distributions at extremely small x. The IC contribution has important consequences for high-energy neutrino production in the Ice-Cube experiment and can be, to some extent, tested at the LHC by the SHIP and FASER experiments by studies of the ντ neutrino production.

scholarly journals Introduction to the Transverse-Momentum-Weighted Technique in the Twist-3 Collinear Factorization Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxi Xing ◽  
Shinsuke Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Precise Description ◽  
Collinear Factorization ◽  
Factorization Approach ◽  
Hard Part ◽  
Spin Asymmetries ◽  
Single Spin ◽  
Single Spin Asymmetries ◽  
Successful Approach

The twist-3 collinear factorization framework has drawn much attention in recent decades as a successful approach in describing the data for single spin asymmetries (SSAs). Many SSAs data have been experimentally accumulated in a variety of energies since the first measurement was done in the late 1970s and it is expected that the future experiments like Electron-Ion-Collider will provide us with more data. In order to perform a consistent and precise description of the data taken in different kinematic regimes, the scale evolution of the collinear twist-3 functions and the perturbative higher-order hard part coefficients are mandatory. In this paper, we introduce the techniques for next-to-leading order (NLO) calculation of transverse-momentum-weighted SSAs, which can be served as a useful tool to derive the QCD evolution equation for twist-3 functions and to verify the QCD collinear factorization for twist-3 observables at NLO, as well as obtain the finite NLO hard part coefficients.

scholarly journals The transverse momentum spectrum of low mass Drell–Yan production at next-to-leading order in the parton branching method

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bermudez Martinez ◽  
P. L. S. Connor ◽  
D. Dominguez Damiani ◽  
L. I. Estevez Banos ◽  
F. Hautmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Collinear Factorization ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Momentum Spectra ◽  
Transverse Momentum Spectra ◽  
Low Mass

Abstract It has been observed in the literature that measurements of low-mass Drell–Yan (DY) transverse momentum spectra at low center-of-mass energies $$\sqrt{s}$$s are not well described by perturbative QCD calculations in collinear factorization in the region where transverse momenta are comparable with the DY mass. We examine this issue from the standpoint of the Parton Branching (PB) method, combining next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculations of the hard process with the evolution of transverse momentum dependent (TMD) parton distributions. We compare our predictions with experimental measurements at low DY mass, and find very good agreement. In addition we use the low mass DY measurements at low $$\sqrt{s}$$s to determine the width $$q_s$$qs of the intrinsic Gauss distribution of the PB-TMDs at low evolution scales. We find values close to what has earlier been used in applications of PB-TMDs to high-energy processes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and HERA. We find that at low DY mass and low $$\sqrt{s}$$s even in the region of $$p_\mathrm{T}/m_\mathrm{DY}\sim 1$$pT/mDY∼1 the contribution of multiple soft gluon emissions (included in the PB-TMDs) is essential to describe the measurements, while at larger masses ($$m_\mathrm{DY}\sim m_{{\mathrm{Z}}}$$mDY∼mZ) and LHC energies the contribution from soft gluons in the region of $$p_\mathrm{T}/m_\mathrm{DY}\sim 1$$pT/mDY∼1 is small.

scholarly journals New vistas in charm production

2019 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 02004
Author(s):  
Antoni Szczurek
Keyword(s):  
Large Deviations ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Lhcb Collaboration ◽  
Charm Production ◽  
High Energy Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Production ◽  
Energy Neutrino ◽  
Low Energies

We discuss some new aspects of charm production trigerred by recent observations of the LHCb collaboration. The LHCb collaboration measured small asymmetries in production of D+D−mesons as well as $ D_s^ + D_s^ - $ mesons. Is this related to initial quark/antiquark asymmetries in the proton ? Here we discuss a scenario in which unfavored fragmentations $ q/\bar {q} \to D $ and $ s/\bar {s} \to D_s $ are responsible for the asymmetries. We fix the strength of such fragmentations – transition probabilities, by adjusting to the size of the LHCb asymmetries. This has consequences for production of D mesons in forward directions (large xF ) as well as at low energies. Large asymmetries are predicted then in these regions. We present here some of our predictions. Consequences for high-energy neutrino production in the atmosphere are discussed and quantified. The production of Λc baryon at the LHC is disussed. Large deviations from the independent-parton fragmentation picture are found.

INSTANTON-INDUCED CROSS-SECTION AT HIGH ENERGIES: LEADING ORDER AND BEYOND

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (24) ◽  
pp. 1983-1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. YU. KHLEBNIKOV ◽  
V. A. RUBAKOV ◽  
P. G. TINYAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Total Cross Section ◽  
Explicit Form ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Electroweak Theory ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Instanton Action ◽  
High Energies ◽  
High Energy Collisions ◽  
The One

We study the total cross-section of high energy collisions in the one-instanton sector of purely bosonic theories with instantons. We find that in the limit g2 → 0, E/E sph = fixed , the leading behavior of the total cross-section is σ lot ~ exp [1/g2(−2S0 + F(E/E sph ))], where S0 is the instanton action. In the electroweak theory at E/E sph ≪ 1, the function F(E/E sph ) is determined by the gauge boson part of the instanton configuration and its explicit form is found.

scholarly journals J/ψ meson production in SIDIS: matching high and low transverse momentum

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniël Boer ◽  
Umberto D’Alesio ◽  
Francesco Murgia ◽  
Cristian Pisano ◽  
Pieter Taels
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Meson Production ◽  
Distance Matrix ◽  
Inelastic Electron ◽  
High Transverse Momentum ◽  
Shape Functions ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Collinear Factorization ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
Gluon Distributions

Abstract We consider the transverse momentum spectrum and the cos 2ϕ azimuthal distribution of J/ψ mesons produced in semi-inclusive, deep-inelastic electron-proton scattering, where the electron and the proton are unpolarized. At low transverse momentum, we propose factorized expressions in terms of transverse momentum dependent gluon distributions and shape functions. We show that our formulae, at the order αs, correctly match with the collinear factorization results at high transverse momentum. The latter are computed at the order $$ {\alpha}_s^2 $$ α s 2 in the framework of nonrelativistic QCD (NRQCD), with the inclusion of the intermediate $$ {}^3{S}_1^{\left[1\right]} $$ 3 S 1 1 color-singlet Fock state, as well as the subleading color-octet ones that are relatively suppressed by a factor v4 in the NRQCD velocity parameter v. We show that the $$ {}^1{S}_0^{\left[8\right]} $$ 1 S 0 8 and $$ {}^3{P}_J^{\left[8\right]} $$ 3 P J 8 (J = 0, 1, 2) contributions diverge in the small transverse momentum region and allow us to determine the perturbative tails of the shape functions, which carry the same quantum numbers. These turn out to be identical, except for the overall magnitude given by the appropriate NRQCD long distance matrix element.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Transverse Momentum Spectra of Various Jets Produced in High Energy Collisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Yang-Ming Tai ◽  
Pei-Pin Yang ◽  
Fu-Hu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Momentum Distribution ◽  
Thermal Model ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Transverse Momentum Distribution ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Model Distribution ◽  
Momentum Spectra ◽  
Transverse Momentum Spectra ◽  
High Energy Collisions

With the framework of the multisource thermal model, we analyze the experimental transverse momentum spectra of various jets produced in different collisions at high energies. Two energy sources, a projectile participant quark and a target participant quark, are considered. Each energy source (each participant quark) is assumed to contribute to the transverse momentum distribution to be the TP-like function, i.e., a revised Tsallis–Pareto-type function. The contribution of the two participant quarks to the transverse momentum distribution is then the convolution of two TP-like functions. The model distribution can be used to fit the experimental spectra measured by different collaborations. The related parameters such as the entropy index-related, effective temperature, and revised index are then obtained. The trends of these parameters are useful to understand the characteristic of high energy collisions.

scholarly journals Production of massless charm jets in pp collisions at next-to-leading order of QCD

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (18n19) ◽  
pp. 1550111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Bierenbaum ◽  
Gustav Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Parton Distribution ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Inclusive Production ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Parton Distribution Functions ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Intrinsic Charm ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

We present predictions for the inclusive production of charm jets in proton–proton collisions at 7 TeV. Several CTEQ parton distribution functions (PDFs) of the CTEQ6.6M type are employed, where two of the CTEQ6.6 PDFs have intrinsic charm. At large enough jet transverse momentum and large jet rapidity, the intrinsic charm content can be tested.

scholarly journals ϒ(3S) and χb(3P) production and polarization in the NRQCD with kT–factorization

2019 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 03013
Author(s):  
Nizami Abdulov ◽  
Artem Lipatov
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Matrix Elements ◽  
Unintegrated Gluon ◽  
Factorization Approach ◽  
Transverse Momentum Dependent ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Radiation Theory ◽  
Shell Production ◽  
Good Agreement

The ϒ(3S) production and polarization at high energies is studied in the framework of kT–factorization approach. Our consideration is based on the non-relativistic QCD formalism for bound states formation and off-shell production amplitudes for hard partonic subprocesses. The transverse momentum dependent (TMD, or unintegrated) gluon densities in a proton were derived from the CiafaloniCatani-Fiorani-Marchesini (CCFM) evolution equation as well as from the Kimber–Martin–Ryskin (KMR) prescription. Treating the nonperturbative color octet transitions in terms of the mulitpole radiation theory and taking into account feed-down contributions from radiative χb(3P) decays, we extract the corresponding non-perturbative matrix elements for ϒ(3S) and χb(3P) mesons from a combined fit to ϒ(3S) transverse momenta distributions measured by the CMS and ATLAS Collaborations at the LHC energies √s = 7 and 13 TeV and central rapidities. Then we apply the extracted values to investigate the polarization parameters λθ, λφ and λθφ, which determine the ϒ(3S) spindensity matrix. Our predictions have a good agreement with the currently available data within the theoretical and experimental uncertainties.

scholarly journals Transverse momentum fluctuation under the Tsallis distribution at high energies

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1750071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masamichi Ishihara
Keyword(s):  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
High Energies ◽  
Nonextensive Statistics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Tsallis Distribution ◽  
High Energy Collisions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Bose Einstein

We studied the effects of the Tsallis distribution on the transverse momentum fluctuation in high energy collisions. The parton–hadron duality and the Bose–Einstein type correlation between partons were assumed. The fluctuation was calculated in the boost-invariant picture for the expectation value used in the Boltzmann–Gibbs (BG) statistics and for the expectation value used in the Tsallis nonextensive statistics. It was shown that the fluctuation is a function of [Formula: see text] which is the ratio of the inverse temperature to the correlation length. We found the following points: (1) the fluctuation depends on the form of the distribution and depends weakly on the definition of the expectation value used in the statistics, (2) the fluctuation increases as the entropic parameter value of the Tsallis distribution increases, and (3) the variation of the fluctuation as a function of the entropic parameter for the expectation value used in the BG statistics is larger than that for the expectation value used in the Tsallis nonextensive statistics in the wide range of [Formula: see text].

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