Inclusive dihadron production at the LHC in NLA BFKL

TL;DR

This paper investigates the production of two light charged hadrons with large transverse momenta and rapidity separation at the LHC, incorporating BFKL resummation effects at NLA accuracy to explore QCD dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces a new channel for studying BFKL dynamics through dihadron production, complementing existing Mueller-Navelet jet analyses at the LHC.

Findings

Cross sections and azimuthal correlations are computed with BFKL NLA resummation.

The results provide insights into QCD behavior at high energies.

The study demonstrates the viability of dihadron production as a probe for BFKL effects.

Abstract

A study of cross sections and azimuthal correlation moments for the inclusive production of two, light charged hadrons featuring large transverse momenta and well separated in rapidity at LHC energies, including BFKL resummation effects with NLA accuracy, is presented. This reaction shares the same theoretical setup with the well konwn Mueller-Navelet jet production and can be thought of as a new and complementary channel to access the BFKL dynamics at proton colliders.