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\(b{\bar b}b{\bar b}\) production in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC

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Given the large parton luminosities, sizable rate of events, with several pairs of b-quarks produced contemporarily by multiple parton interactions, are foreseen in hadronic and nuclear collisions at very high energies. We compare the different contributions to \(b{\bar b}b{\bar b}\) production, due to single and double parton scatterings, in pp and in pA collisions at the CERN LHC within the acceptance of the ALICE and of the LHCb detectors.

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Del Fabbro, A., Treleani, D. \(b{\bar b}b{\bar b}\) production in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions at the CERN LHC. Eur. Phys. J. A 19 (Suppl 1), 229–237 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/s2004-03-038-4

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