Exploring High-Purity Multiparton Scattering at Hadron Colliders

Andersen, Jeppe R.; Monni, Pier Francesco; Rottoli, Luca; Salam, Gavin P.; Soto-Ontoso, Alba

Abstract

Multiparton interactions are a fascinating phenomenon that occur in almost every high-energy hadron-hadron collision yet are remarkably difficult to study quantitatively. In this Letter, we present a strategy to optimally disentangle multiparton interactions from the primary scattering in a collision. That strategy enables probes of multiparton interactions that are significantly beyond the state of the art, including their characteristic momentum scale, the interconnection between primary and secondary scatters, and the pattern of three and potentially even more simultaneous hard scatterings. This opens a path to powerful new constraints on multiparton interactions for LHC phenomenology and to the investigation of their rich field-theoretical structure.

Citation

Andersen, J. R., Monni, P. F., Rottoli, L., Salam, G. P., & Soto-Ontoso, A. (2024). Exploring High-Purity Multiparton Scattering at Hadron Colliders. Physical Review Letters, 132(4), Article 041901. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041901

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 30, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jan 23, 2024
• Publication Date: Jan 26, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Electronic ISSN: 1079-7114
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 4
• Article Number: 041901
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.041901
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2186117