Speaker
Jake Pfaller
(University of Cincinnati (US))
Description
Production of quarkonia states at colliders has been found to disagree with theoretical predictions in a number of ways, such as polarization and isolation. Recent developments in event generators have attempted to remedy these theoretical tensions via production of quarkonia in parton showers with an NRQCD model. In this work, we expand the NRQCD parton shower in Pythia to allow for different final-state quark flavors, meaning production of $B_c$ mesons in the parton shower. Comparisons with BcVegPy, a standalone Monte-Carlo generator for $B_c$ production, are made.
Author
Jake Pfaller
(University of Cincinnati (US))