Speaker
Keping Xie
(Michigan State University)
Description
The general mass variable flavor number (GMVFN) scheme S-ACOT-MPS will
be discussed for proton-proton collisions. The impact of heavy-flavor
contributions within this factorization scheme will be shown for the production
of a $Z$ boson in association with a charm/bottom quark in pQCD.
An amended version of the QCD factorization formula for proton-proton collisions will
be discussed as well as the role of $Z+c/b$ production at the LHC in constraining
heavy-flavor PDFs. Phenomenological applications will be presented.
Authors
Marco Guzzi
(Kennesaw State University)
Prof.
Pavel Nadolsky
(Southern Methodist University)
Laura Reina
(Florida State University (US))
Doreen Wackeroth
Keping Xie
(Michigan State University)
