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1. Subleading power corrections to heavy quarkonium production in QCD factorization approach

   https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227404005  

   Lee, Kyle ; Qiu, Jian-Wei ; Sterman, George ; Watanabe, Kazuhiro ( January 2022 , EPJ Web of Conferences)

   Rothkopf, A. ; Brambilla, N. ; Tolos, L. ; Tranberg, A. ; Kurkela, A. ; Roehrich, D. ; Andersen, J.O. ; Tywoniuk, K. ; Antonov, D. ; Greensite, J. (Ed.)

   We report the current understanding of heavy quarkonium production at high transverse momentum ( p T ) in hadronic collisions in terms of QCD factorization. In this presentation, we highlight the role of subleading power corrections to heavy quarkonium production, which are essential to describe the p T spectrum of quarkonium at a relatively lower p T . We also introduce prescription to match QCD factorization to fixed-order NRQCD factorization calculations for quarkonium production at low p T . 

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2. Inclusive $$\text {J}/\psi $$ production at midrapidity in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13$$ TeV

   https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09873-4  

   Acharya, S. ; Adamová, D. ; Adler, A. ; Aglieri Rinella, G. ; Agnello, M. ; Agrawal, N. ; Ahammed, Z. ; Ahmad, S. ; Ahn, S. U. ; Ahuja, I. ; et al ( December 2021 , The European Physical Journal C)

   Abstract We report on the inclusive $$\text {J}/\psi $$ J / ψ production cross section measured at the CERN Large Hadron Collider in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy $$\sqrt{s}~=~13$$ s = 13  TeV. The $$\text {J}/\psi $$ J / ψ mesons are reconstructed in the $$\text {e}^{+}\text {e}^{-}$$ e + e - decay channel and the measurements are performed at midrapidity ( $$|y|<0.9$$ | y | < 0.9 ) in the transverse-momentum interval $$0 more » « less
3. Study of the doubly charmed tetraquark $${{{{{{\rm{T}}}}}}}_{{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}}^{+}$$

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30206-w  

   Aaij, R. ; Abdelmotteleb, A. S. ; Beteta, C. Abellán ; Gallego, F. J. ; Ackernley, T. ; Adeva, B. ; Adinolfi, M. ; Afsharnia, H. ; Agapopoulou, C. ; Aidala, C. A. ; et al ( December 2022 , Nature Communications)

   Abstract Quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong force, describes interactions of coloured quarks and gluons and the formation of hadronic matter. Conventional hadronic matter consists of baryons and mesons made of three quarks and quark-antiquark pairs, respectively. Particles with an alternative quark content are known as exotic states. Here a study is reported of an exotic narrow state in the D 0 D 0 π + mass spectrum just below the D *+ D 0 mass threshold produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The state is consistent with the ground isoscalar $${{{{{{\rm{T}}}}}}}_{{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}}^{+}$$ T c c + tetraquark with a quark content of $${{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}\overline{{{{{{\rm{u}}}}}}}\overline{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}$$ c c u ¯ d ¯ and spin-parity quantum numbers J P  = 1 + . Study of the DD mass spectra disfavours interpretation of the resonance as the isovector state. The decay structure via intermediate off-shell D *+ mesons is consistent with the observed D 0 π + mass distribution. To analyse the mass of the resonance and its coupling to the D * D system, a dedicated model is developed under the assumption of an isoscalar axial-vector $${{{{{{\rm{T}}}}}}}_{{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}}^{+}$$ T c c + state decaying to the D * D channel. Using this model, resonance parameters including the pole position, scattering length, effective range and compositeness are determined to reveal important information about the nature of the $${{{{{{\rm{T}}}}}}}_{{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}{{{{{\rm{c}}}}}}}^{+}$$ T c c + state. In addition, an unexpected dependence of the production rate on track multiplicity is observed. 

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4. Production of light-flavor hadrons in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s}~=~7\text { and }\sqrt{s} = 13 \, \text { TeV} $$

   https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08690-5  

   Acharya, S. ; Adamová, D. ; Adler, A. ; Adolfsson, J. ; Aggarwal, M. M. ; Rinella, G. Aglieri ; Agnello, M. ; Agrawal, N. ; Ahammed, Z. ; Ahmad, S. ; et al ( March 2021 , The European Physical Journal C)

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   Abstract The production of $$\pi ^{\pm }$$ π ± , $$\mathrm{K}^{\pm }$$ K ± , $$\mathrm{K}^{0}_{S}$$ K S 0 , $$\mathrm{K}^{*}(892)^{0}$$ K ∗ ( 892 ) 0 , $$\mathrm{p}$$ p , $$\phi (1020)$$ ϕ ( 1020 ) , $$\Lambda $$ Λ , $$\Xi ^{-}$$ Ξ - , $$\Omega ^{-}$$ Ω - , and their antiparticles was measured in inelastic proton–proton (pp) collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $$\sqrt{s}$$ s = 13 TeV at midrapidity ( $$|y|<0.5$$ | y | < 0.5 ) as a function of transverse momentum ( $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T ) using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC. Furthermore, the single-particle $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T distributions of $$\mathrm{K}^{0}_{S}$$ K S 0 , $$\Lambda $$ Λ , and $$\overline{\Lambda }$$ Λ ¯ in inelastic pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 7$$ s = 7  TeV are reported here for the first time. The $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T distributions are studied at midrapidity within the transverse momentum range $$0\le p_{\mathrm{T}}\le 20$$ 0 ≤ p T ≤ 20 GeV/ c , depending on the particle species. The $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T spectra, integrated yields, and particle yield ratios are discussed as a function of collision energy and compared with measurements at lower $$\sqrt{s}$$ s and with results from various general-purpose QCD-inspired Monte Carlo models. A hardening of the spectra at high $$p_{\mathrm{T}}$$ p T with increasing collision energy is observed, which is similar for all particle species under study. The transverse mass and $$x_{\mathrm{T}}\equiv 2p_{\mathrm{T}}/\sqrt{s}$$ x T ≡ 2 p T / s scaling properties of hadron production are also studied. As the collision energy increases from $$\sqrt{s}$$ s = 7–13 TeV, the yields of non- and single-strange hadrons normalized to the pion yields remain approximately constant as a function of $$\sqrt{s}$$ s , while ratios for multi-strange hadrons indicate enhancements. The $$p_\mathrm{{T}}$$ p T -differential cross sections of $$\pi ^{\pm }$$ π ± , $$\mathrm {K}^{\pm }$$ K ± and $$\mathrm {p}$$ p ( $$\overline{\mathrm{p}}$$ p ¯ ) are compared with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations, which are found to overestimate the cross sections for $$\pi ^{\pm }$$ π ± and $$\mathrm{p}$$ p ( $$\overline{\mathrm{p}}$$ p ¯ ) at high $$p_\mathrm{{T}}$$ p T . 

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5. Measurement and QCD analysis of double-differential inclusive jet cross sections in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV

   https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2022)142  

   Tumasyan, A. ; Adam, W. ; Andrejkovic, J. W. ; Bergauer, T. ; Chatterjee, S. ; Damanakis, K. ; Dragicevic, M. ; Escalante Del Valle, A. ; Frühwirth, R. ; Jeitler, M. ; et al ( February 2022 , Journal of High Energy Physics)

   A bstract A measurement of the inclusive jet production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s = 13 TeV is presented. The double-differential cross sections are measured as a function of the jet transverse momentum p T and the absolute jet rapidity |y| . The anti- k T clustering algorithm is used with distance parameter of 0.4 (0.7) in a phase space region with jet p T from 97 GeV up to 3.1 TeV and |y| < 2 . 0. Data collected with the CMS detector are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.3 fb − 1 (33.5 fb − 1 ). The measurement is used in a comprehensive QCD analysis at next-to-next-to-leading order, which results in significant improvement in the accuracy of the parton distributions in the proton. Simultaneously, the value of the strong coupling constant at the Z boson mass is extracted as α S ( m Z ) = 0 . 1170 ± 0 . 0019. For the first time, these data are used in a standard model effective field theory analysis at next-to-leading order, where parton distributions and the QCD parameters are extracted simultaneously with imposed constraints on the Wilson coefficient c 1 of 4-quark contact interactions. 

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