Heavy quarks and quarkonia production in high-energy experiments

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental results on heavy quark and quarkonium production in high-energy proton-proton collisions at the LHC, focusing on production mechanisms, correlations, polarization, and theoretical models.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent measurements and compares experimental data with QCD-based theoretical models.

Findings

Experimental data on quarkonia production mechanisms

Observations of kinematical correlations and polarization

Comparison of measurements with QCD models

Abstract

Proton-proton collisions at the LHC provide the ground for tests of the strong interactions through the study of the production mechanisms for quarkonia and hadrons containing charm or beauty flavours. This review addresses recent results and includes studies of kinematical correlations, polarisation and associated production. QCD-based models are briefly discussed and compared to measurements.