Seminari di Fenomenologia delle Particelle Elementari

Forward heavy quark production and the structure of the proton

Name: Forward heavy quark production and the structure of the proton
Start: 2018-04-18T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-04-18T09:00:00+02:00
Location: Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova

by Dr Rhorry Gauld (ETH Zurich)

Wednesday 18 Apr 2018, 08:00 → 09:00 Europe/Rome

500 (Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova)

500

Dip.to di Fisica Universita' di Genova

Via Dodecaneso 33

Description

The precise measurements of heavy quark production at the LHC offer a unique opportunity to test the corresponding predictions in perturbative QCD. I investigate how the precise measurements of D and B hadrons at large rapidities (primarily at LHCb) can provide unique information on the internal structure of the proton. After showing how this data leads to an improved description of parton distribution functions at low-x, I discuss how this information has applications for neutrino astronomy.