Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation

Abstract We investigate the inclusive production of fully charmed tetraquarks, $$T_{4c}(0^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 0 + + ) or $$T_{4c}(2^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 2 + + ) radial excitations, in high-energy proton collisions. We build our study upon the collinear fragmentation of a single parton in a variable-flavor nu...

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Main Authors: Francesco Giovanni Celiberto, Gabriele Gatto, Alessandro Papa
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-10-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13345-w
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description Abstract We investigate the inclusive production of fully charmed tetraquarks, $$T_{4c}(0^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 0 + + ) or $$T_{4c}(2^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 2 + + ) radial excitations, in high-energy proton collisions. We build our study upon the collinear fragmentation of a single parton in a variable-flavor number scheme, suited to describe the tetraquark formation mechanism from moderate to large transverse-momentum regimes. To this extent, we derive a novel set of DGLAP-evolving collinear fragmentation functions, named TQ4Q1.0 determinations. They encode initial-scale inputs corresponding to both gluon and heavy-quark fragmentation channels, defined within the context of quark-potential and spin-physics inspired models, respectively. We work within the NLL/ $$\hbox {NLO}^+$$ NLO + hybrid factorization and make use of the JETHAD numeric interface along with the symJETHAD symbolic calculation plugin. With these tools, we provide predictions for high-energy observables sensitive to $$T_{4c}$$ T 4 c plus jet emissions at center-of-mass energies ranging from 14 TeV at the LHC to the 100 TeV nominal energy of the FCC.
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spelling doaj-art-9e5ed053e45540a1b1376b0f53a86ca62025-08-20T02:20:45ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522024-10-01841012910.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13345-wFully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentationFrancesco Giovanni Celiberto0Gabriele Gatto1Alessandro Papa2Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della CalabriaDipartimento di Fisica, Università della CalabriaAbstract We investigate the inclusive production of fully charmed tetraquarks, $$T_{4c}(0^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 0 + + ) or $$T_{4c}(2^{++})$$ T 4 c ( 2 + + ) radial excitations, in high-energy proton collisions. We build our study upon the collinear fragmentation of a single parton in a variable-flavor number scheme, suited to describe the tetraquark formation mechanism from moderate to large transverse-momentum regimes. To this extent, we derive a novel set of DGLAP-evolving collinear fragmentation functions, named TQ4Q1.0 determinations. They encode initial-scale inputs corresponding to both gluon and heavy-quark fragmentation channels, defined within the context of quark-potential and spin-physics inspired models, respectively. We work within the NLL/ $$\hbox {NLO}^+$$ NLO + hybrid factorization and make use of the JETHAD numeric interface along with the symJETHAD symbolic calculation plugin. With these tools, we provide predictions for high-energy observables sensitive to $$T_{4c}$$ T 4 c plus jet emissions at center-of-mass energies ranging from 14 TeV at the LHC to the 100 TeV nominal energy of the FCC.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13345-w
spellingShingle Francesco Giovanni Celiberto
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Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
title Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
title_full Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
title_fullStr Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
title_full_unstemmed Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
title_short Fully charmed tetraquarks from LHC to FCC: natural stability from fragmentation
title_sort fully charmed tetraquarks from lhc to fcc natural stability from fragmentation
url https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13345-w
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