Double heavy meson production through double parton scattering in hadronic collisions

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that double parton scattering significantly contributes to double heavy meson production at LHC energies, often surpassing traditional production mechanisms for certain quark pairs.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis showing the importance of double parton scattering in double heavy meson production, highlighting its potential dominance over other mechanisms.

Findings

Double parton scattering contribution is comparable to traditional mechanisms.

For some heavy quark pairs, double parton scattering is the dominant production mode.

Implications for interpreting heavy meson production data at LHC.

Abstract

It is shown that the contribution from double parton scattering to the inclusive double heavy meson yield is quite comparable with the usually considered mechanism of their production at the LHC energy. For some pairs of heavy flavored quarks in the final state the double parton scattering will be a dominant mode of their production.