# Double parton scattering effects in heavy meson production

## TL;DR

This paper investigates double-parton scattering effects in heavy meson production at the LHC, showing DPS dominance over SPS especially at low transverse momenta, and provides predictions for experimental validation.

## Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework for calculating DPS effects in heavy meson production using $k_T$-factorization and compares results with SPS, highlighting DPS dominance.

## Key findings

- DPS dominates over SPS in heavy meson production, especially at low transverse momenta.
- Theoretical predictions for $D^0 B^+$ and $B^+ B^+$ production are provided for LHCb experiments.
- Results suggest potential for future experimental studies at the LHCb detector.

## Abstract

We present results of our theoretical investigation of double-parton scattering (DPS) effects in production of heavy flavour mesons (charm and bottom). We discuss production of charm-bottom and bottom-bottom meson-meson pairs in proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The calculation of DPS mechanism is performed within factorized ansatz where each parton scattering is calculated in the framework of the $k_T$-factorization. The hadronization is done with the help of independent parton fragmentation picture. For completeness we compare results for double- and single-parton scattering (SPS). As in the case of double charm production also here the DPS dominates over the SPS, especially for small transverse momenta. We present several distributions and integrated cross sections with realistic cuts for simultaneous production of $D^0 B^+$ and $B^+ B^+$, suggesting future experimental studies at the LHCb detector.