Forward & Far-Forward Heavy Hadrons with JETHAD: A High-energy Viewpoint

TL;DR

This paper reviews and extends studies on the hadroproduction of light and heavy hadrons in high-energy collisions, emphasizing forward rapidity regions and resummation techniques within the JETHAD framework.

Contribution

It introduces an analysis of NLL/NLO+ behavior of rapidity rates using the JETHAD method, incorporating resummation of energy logarithms in the collinear picture.

Findings

Semi-inclusive heavy hadron detections show stable patterns against higher-order corrections.

Resummation of energy logarithms improves predictions in forward rapidity regions.

Exploration of kinematic sectors accessible at LHC and future Forward Physics Facilities.

Abstract

Inspired by the recent finding that semi-inclusive detections of heavy hadrons exhibit fair stabilization patterns in high-energy resummed distributions against (missing) higher-order corrections, we review and extend our studies on the hadroproduction of light and heavy hadrons tagged in forward and far-forward rapidity ranges. We analyze the NLL/NLO+ behavior of rapidity rates and angular multiplicities via the JETHAD method, where the resummation of next-to-leading energy logarithms and beyond is consistently embodied in the collinear picture. We explore kinematic regions that are within LHC typical acceptances, as well as novel sectors accessible thanks the combined tagging of a far-forward light or heavy hadron at future Forward Physics Facilities and a of central particle at LHC experiments via a precise timing-coincidence setup.