All-charm tetraquarks at hadron colliders: A high-precision fragmentation perspective
Abstract
We present the TQ4Q2.0 fragmentation functions for the production of all-heavy (fully heavy) -wave tetraquarks () with scalar (), axial-vector (), and tensor () quantum numbers in high-energy hadronic collisions. This work extends the previous TQ4Q1.1 framework by incorporating nonconstituent heavy-quark contributions and introducing a replica-based uncertainty-quantification strategy derived from multi-scale variations (MHOUs). The construction follows a nonrelativistic QCD factorization approach, combining gluon- and heavy-quark-initiated fragmentation channels at leading power. Initial-scale inputs are modeled through updated potential-inspired wave functions, while the subsequent DGLAP evolution is performed via the threshold-aware HF-NRevo scheme. A comprehensive systematic analysis of uncertainties is carried out, with contributions from color-composite long-distance matrix elements (LDMEs) and perturbative multiscale inputs. The resulting TQ4Q2.0 grids, publicly released in LHAPDF6 format, provide the first complete phenomenological set for all-heavy exotics, enabling precise studies of all-charm tetraquark production and jet-associated observables within the JETHAD environment. This article completes the high-energy resummation-driven generation of the TQ4Q program and establishes a definitive baseline for future collider-oriented analyses of all-heavy multiquark dynamics.
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@article{arxiv.2604.11646,
title = {All-charm tetraquarks at hadron colliders: A high-precision fragmentation perspective},
author = {Francesco Giovanni Celiberto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11646},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
49 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables. Six NLO collinear FF sets for fully heavy tetraquarks (TQ4Q2.0), covering scalar, axial, and tensor states. Includes MHOU replicas, LDME variations, and DGLAP evolution, released in LHAPDF format at https://github.com/FGCeliberto/Collinear_FFs. Supplemental Mathematica notebook with all short-distance coefficients