B-meson production at forward rapidities in pp collisions at the LHC: estimating the intrinsic bottom contribution

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 84; no. 9; pp. 886 - 7
• Main Authors: Lima, Yuri N., Giannini, André V., Gonçalves, Victor P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 02.09.2024; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Cross-sections; Distribution functions; Elementary Particles; Gluons; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Kinematics; Large Hadron Collider; Letter; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Mesons; Neutrinos; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; Particle production; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quarks; String Theory; Transverse momentum; Wave functions

The production of B mesons at forward rapidities is strongly sensitive to the behavior of the gluon and bottom distribution functions for small and large values of the Bjorken- x variable. In this exploratory study, we estimate the cross-section for the B ± meson production in the kinematic range pr...