Forward heavy flavour production in p-p collisions at LHC and intrinsic quark components in proton

TL;DR

This paper investigates forward heavy flavour production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC, aiming to estimate intrinsic charm and bottom contributions in the proton through theoretical models and predictions.

Contribution

It introduces new predictions for heavy baryon and meson production at the LHC, incorporating intrinsic quark components within established QCD frameworks.

Findings

Predicted observable signatures of intrinsic charm and bottom in LHC data.

Provided theoretical estimates for $ ext{Λ}_b$-baryon and D-meson production.

Suggested experimental measurements to verify intrinsic quark contributions.

Abstract

The LHC data on the forward heavy flavour hadron production can be a new unique source for estimation of intrinsic charm and bottom contributions to the proton. For example, we analyze the forward heavy baryon production, namely $\Lambda_b$-baryon, within the soft QCD quark gluon string model and present the predictions for observables which could be measured at the LHC. We also present some predictions for the $D$-meson production in $pp$ collisions made within the perturbative QCD including the intrinsic charm in the proton that can be verified at the LHC.