https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14214-w
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Estimating the BFKL effects on the vector meson + jet production in photon-induced interactions at the LHC
Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Federal University of Pelotas, 354, 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Received:
28
January
2025
Accepted:
21
April
2025
Published online:
2
May
2025
The associated vector meson + jet production in photon-induced interactions at the LHC is investigated and predictions for the cross-sections are derived considering the NLO corrections to the BFKL kernel. We explore the possibility that in a near future the FOCAL detector could be used to measure the jet at forward rapidities, with the associated meson being measured by a central or forward detector, and estimate the rapidity distributions for the 
+ jet and 
+ jet photoproduction in pp, Pbp and PbPb collisions. We demonstrate that the associated cross-sections are non-negligible and that a future experimental analysis can be useful to constrain the description of the BFKL kernel and improve our understanding of the QCD dynamics.
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