Forward heavy baryon production in pp collisions at LHC

TL;DR

This paper provides theoretical predictions for forward Lambda_b baryon production in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies using the quark gluon string model, offering insights into bottom meson Regge trajectories.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical analysis of Lambda_b production in the forward region at LHC energies within the soft QCD framework, specifically the quark gluon string model.

Findings

Predicted Lambda_b production rates at LHC energies.

Insights into bottom meson Regge trajectories from the analysis.

Potential guidance for experimental measurements.

Abstract

We present the theoretical results on the forward Lambda_b production in pp collisions obtained within the soft QCD, namely the quark gluon string model, at LHC energies. It can give us useful information on the Regge trajectories of the bottom mesons.