TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
AU - The LHCb collaboration
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Abdelmotteleb, A. S.W.
AU - Abellan Beteta, C.
AU - Abudinén, F.
AU - Ackernley, T.
AU - Adefisoye, A. A.
AU - Adeva, B.
AU - Adinolfi, M.
AU - Adlarson, P.
AU - Agapopoulou, C.
AU - Aidala, C. A.
AU - Ajaltouni, Z.
AU - Akar, S.
AU - Akiba, K.
AU - Akthar, M.
AU - Albicocco, P.
AU - Albrecht, J.
AU - Aleksiejunas, R.
AU - Alessio, F.
AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.
AU - Amalric, R.
AU - Amato, S.
AU - Amey, J. L.
AU - Amhis, Y.
AU - An, L.
AU - Anderlini, L.
AU - Andersson, M.
AU - Andreola, P.
AU - Andreotti, M.
AU - Andres Estrada, S.
AU - Anelli, A.
AU - Ao, D.
AU - Arata, C.
AU - Archilli, F.
AU - Areg, Z.
AU - Argenton, M.
AU - Arguedas Cuendis, S.
AU - Arnone, L.
AU - Artamonov, A.
AU - Artuso, M.
AU - Aslanides, E.
AU - Ataíde Da Silva, R.
AU - Atzeni, M.
AU - Audurier, B.
AU - Authier, J. A.
AU - Bacher, D.
AU - Bachiller Perea, I.
AU - Bachmann, S.
AU - Bachmayer, M.
AU - Calderon Ramirez, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2026.
PY - 2026/4
Y1 - 2026/4
N2 - Charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets are measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. Distributions of the longitudinal momentum fraction, transverse momentum, and radial profile of charged hadrons are measured separately in beauty and charm jets. The distributions are compared to those previously measured by the LHCb collaboration in jets produced back-to-back with a Z boson, which in the forward region are primarily light-quark-initiated, to compare the hadronization mechanisms of heavy and light quarks. The observed differences between the heavy- and light-jet distributions are consistent with the heavy-quark dynamics expected to arise from the dead-cone effect, as well as with a hard fragmentation of the heavy-flavor hadron as previously measured in single-hadron fragmentation functions. This measurement provides additional constraints for the extraction of collinear and transverse-momentum-dependent heavy-flavor fragmentation functions and offers another approach to probing the mechanisms that govern heavy-flavor hadronization.
AB - Charged-hadron distributions in heavy-flavor jets are measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of s=13 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. Distributions of the longitudinal momentum fraction, transverse momentum, and radial profile of charged hadrons are measured separately in beauty and charm jets. The distributions are compared to those previously measured by the LHCb collaboration in jets produced back-to-back with a Z boson, which in the forward region are primarily light-quark-initiated, to compare the hadronization mechanisms of heavy and light quarks. The observed differences between the heavy- and light-jet distributions are consistent with the heavy-quark dynamics expected to arise from the dead-cone effect, as well as with a hard fragmentation of the heavy-flavor hadron as previously measured in single-hadron fragmentation functions. This measurement provides additional constraints for the extraction of collinear and transverse-momentum-dependent heavy-flavor fragmentation functions and offers another approach to probing the mechanisms that govern heavy-flavor hadronization.
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
KW - Jet Physics
KW - Jet Substructure and Boosted Jets
KW - QCD
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105036679588
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP04(2026)029
DO - 10.1007/JHEP04(2026)029
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:105036679588
SN - 1029-8479
VL - 2026
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 29
ER -