Publications

Peer reviewed articles 2025

Original research articles:

C. Casuga, H. Hänninen, H. Mäntysaari
Initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation at next-to-leading order
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 3, 034003
arXiv:2506.00487 [hep-ph]

M. Li, T. Lappi, X. Zhao, C. A. Salgado
Scattering and gluon emission of physical quarks in a SU(3) colored field
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 1, 016009
arXiv:2504.07162 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/x99p-tfwg

P. Gimeno-Estivill, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari
Inclusive D0 photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 11, 114036
arXiv:2503.16108 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/7741-585p

J. Cruz-Martinez, T. Hasenack, F. Hekhorn et al.
NNPDFpol2.0: a global determination of polarised PDFs and their uncertainties at next-to-next-to-leading order
JHEP 07 (2025) 168
arXiv:2503.11814 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)168

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Collision-Energy Dependence in Heavy-Ion Collisions from Nonlinear QCD Evolution
Phys.Rev.Lett. 135 (2025) 2, 022302
arXiv:2502.05138 [nucl-th]
DOI: 10.1103/gf4y-p5j7

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Hard Photon Triggered Jets in p-p and A-A Collisions
Phys.Rev.C 111 (2025) 6, 064911
arXiv:2412.19738 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/yyr5-zp16

T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio
Next-to-leading order evolution of structure functions without PDFs
Eur.Phys.J.C 85 (2025) 4, 429
arXiv: 2412.09589 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14134-9

H. Mäntysaari, J. Penttala, F. Salazar, B. Schenke
Finite-size effects on small-x evolution and saturation in proton and nuclear targets
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 5, 5
arXiv:2411.13533 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.054033

MSHT and NNPDF Collaborations (Contribution by F. Hekhorn)
Combination of aN3LO PDFs and implications for Higgs production cross-sections at the LHC
J.Phys.G 52 (2025) 065002
arXiv:2411.05373 [hep-ph]

I. Helenius, J. O. Laulainen, C. T. Preuss
Multi-jet production in deep inelastic scattering with Pythia
JHEP 05 (2025) 153
arXiv:2410.20950 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2025)153

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
Heavy-Flavor Angular Correlations as a Direct Probe of the Glasma
Phys.Rev.Lett. 134 (2025) 17, 172301
arXiv:2409.10565 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.172301

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
Impact of glasma on heavy flavor azimuthal correlations and spectra
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 7, 074036
arXiv:2409.10564 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.074036

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Bayesian Inference analysis of jet quenching using inclusive jet and hadron suppression measurements
Phys.Rev.C. 111 (2025) 5, 054913
arXiv:2408.08247 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.054913

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
A soft-hard framework with exact four momentum conservation for small systems
Phys.Rev.C. 112 (2025) 1, 014905
arXiv:2407.17443 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/r8jt-1xpk

M. Kuha, J. Auvinen, K. J. Eskola, H. Hirvonen, Y. Kanakubo, H. Niemi
Monte Carlo event generator MC-EKRT with saturated minijet production for initializing (3+1)D fluid dynamics in high-energy nuclear collisions
Phys.Rev.C 111 (2025) 5, 054914
arXiv:2406.17592 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.054914

I. Soudi, A. Majumder
T-odd Parton Distribution Functions and Azimuthal Anisotropy at High Transverse Momentum in p-p and p-A Collisions
Phys.Rev.C. 111 (2025) 2, 024901
arXiv:2404.05287 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.024901

Y. Hagiwara, X. Tong, B. Xiao
Understanding Gravitational Form Factors with the Weizsäcker-Williams Method
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 5, L051503
arXiv:2401.12840 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L051503

A. Angelopoulou, A. D. Le, S. Munier
Scattering from an external field in quantum chromodynamics at high energies: from foundations to interdisciplinary connections
SciPost Phys.Lect.Notes 92 (2025) 1
arXiv:2311.14796 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhysLectNotes.92

Peer reviewed conference proceedings:

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
The impact of glasma on heavy quark spectra and correlations
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.01147 [hep-ph]

S. K. Das et al. (Contribution by Pooja)
Dynamics of hot QCD matter 2024 — hard probes
Int.J.Mod.Phys.E 34 (2025) 07, 2544003
Contribution to 2nd Hot QCD Matter Conference 2024
arXiv:2412.14026 [nucl-ex]
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301325440033

V. Guzey
Suppression of Diffraction in DIS on Nuclei and Dynamical Mechanism of Leading Twist Nuclear Shadowing
Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 18 (2025) 1, 1-A26
Contribution to Diffraction and Low-x 2024, 1-A26
arXiv:2411.10103 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.18.1-A26

A. D. Le, H. Mäntysaari
High-energy nuclear scattering of neutrinos
PoS ICHEP2024 (2025) 547
Contribution to ICHEP2024
arXiv:2410.00673 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.476.0547

J. Laulainen, I. Helenius, C. T. Preuss
Multi-Jet Merging in Deep Inelastic Scattering with Pythia
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 163
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2408.08100 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0163

G. Beuf, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, R. Paatelainen, J. Penttala
Dipole picture diffractive structure function at NLO
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 098
Contribution to DIS2024, 098
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0098

T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio
Evolution of structure functions at NLO without PDFs
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 030
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.11704 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0030

Y. Tawabutr
Contribution to the Proton Spin Puzzle from Helicity at small Bjorken
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 115
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.10491 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0115

C. Casuga, M. Karhunen, H. Mäntysaari
Bayesian approach to determine the initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 075
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.10581 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0075

H. Mäntysaari, F. Salazar, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Probing gluon saturation and nuclear structure in photon-nucleus collisions
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 110
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.09963 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0110

K. J. Eskola, V. Guzey, I. Helenius, P. Paakkinen, H. Paukkunen
Dijet photoproduction and transverse-plane geometry in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 167
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.02171 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0167

I. Helenius, H. Paukkunen, S. Yrjänheikki
Dimuon production in neutrino-nucleus collisions — the SIDIS approach
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 047
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.13304 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0047

P. Duwentäster, V. Guzey, I. Helenius, H. Paukkunen
Global fits of proton PDFs with non-linear corrections from gluon recombination
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 094
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.12936 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0094

F. Hekhorn
Towards NNPDFpol2.0
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 204
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.06083 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0204

Pooja, S. Kumar Das, V. Greco, M. Ruggieri
Diffusion of heavy quarks in the early stage of high-energy nuclear collisions
EPJ Web Conf. 316 (2025) 02002
Contribution to SQM2024
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202531602002

All preprints 2025

Original research articles:

Y. Huang, X. Tong, H. Wang
Nucleon energy correlators as a probe of light-quark dipole operators at the EIC
arXiv:2508.08516 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, H. Roch, F. Salazar, B. Schenke, C. Shen et al.
Global Bayesian Analysis of J/ψ Photoproduction on Proton and Lead Targets
arXiv:2507.14087 [hep-ph]

G. Giacalone et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Nuclear Physics Confronts Relativistic Collisions Of Isobars
arXiv:2507.01454 [nucl-ex]

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Interplay of prompt and non-prompt photons in photon-triggered jet observables
arXiv:2507.00905 [hep-ph]

F. Arleo et al. (Contribution by H.Paukkunen)
Nuclear Cold QCD: Review and Future Strategy
arXiv:2506.17454 [hep-ph]

R. D. Ball et al. (Contribution by F. Hekhorn)
A Determination of αs(mZ) at aN3LOQCD⊗NLOQED Accuracy from a Global PDF Analysis
Report number: TIF-UNIMI-2025-10, Edinburgh 2024/12, CERN-TH-2025-106
arXiv:2506.13871 [hep-ph]

H. Paukkunen, I. Helenius, S. Yrjänheikki
Improving the description of dimuon production in neutrino-nucleus collisions using the SACOT-χ scheme
arXiv:2506.09492 [hep-ph]

D. Avramescu, C. Lamas, T. Lappi, M. Li, C. A. Salgado
Initial stage jet momentum broadening in tBLFQ formalism
arXiv:2506.06206 [hep-ph]

C. Casuga, H. Hänninen, H. Mäntysaari
Initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation at next-to-leading order
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 3, 034003
arXiv:2506.00487 [hep-ph]

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 1, Physics, Experiments, Detectors
Report number: CERN-FCC-PHYS-2025-0002
arXiv:2505.00272 [hep-ex]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.9DKX.TDH9

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 2, Accelerators, Technical Infrastructure and Safety
Report number: CERN-FCC-ACC-2025-0004
arXiv:2505.00274 [physics.acc-ph]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.EBAY.7W4X

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 3, Civil Engineering, Implementation and Sustainability
Report number: CERN-FCC-ACC-2025-0003
arXiv:2505.00273 [physics.acc-ph]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.I26X.V4VF

M. Alvioli, V. Guzey, M. Strikman
Probing fluctuating protons using forward neutrons in soft and hard inelastic proton-nucleus scattering
arXiv:2504.07514 [hep-ph]

M. Li, T. Lappi, X. Zhao, C. A. Salgado
Scattering and gluon emission of physical quarks in a SU(3) colored field
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 1, 016009
arXiv:2504.07162 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/x99p-tfwg

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Enhanced signal of momentum broadening in hard splittings for γ-tagged jets in a multistage approach
arXiv:2503.23693 [hep-ph]

D. Adamiak et al. (Contribution by Y. Tawabutr)
First study of polarized proton-proton scattering with small-x helicity evolution
arXiv:2503.21006 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, Y. Tawabutr, X. Tong
Nucleon Energy Correlators for the Odderon
arXiv:2503.20157 [hep-ph]

F. Ahmadova et al. (Contributions by T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio)
The Large Hadron electron Collider as a bridge project for CERN
arXiv:2503.17727 [hep-ex]

P. Gimeno-Estivill, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari
Inclusive D0 photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 11, 114036
arXiv:2503.16108 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/7741-585p

J. Cruz-Martinez, T. Hasenack, F. Hekhorn et al.
NNPDFpol2.0: a global determination of polarised PDFs and their uncertainties at next-to-next-to-leading order
JHEP 07 (2025) 168
arXiv:2503.11814 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)168

D. Adamiak, H. Mäntysaari, Y. Tawabutr
Proton spin from small-x with constraints from the valence quark model
Report number: JLAB-THY-25-4239
arXiv:2502.16604 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Collision-Energy Dependence in Heavy-Ion Collisions from Nonlinear QCD Evolution
Phys.Rev.Lett. 135 (2025) 2, 022302
arXiv:2502.05138 [nucl-th]
DOI: 10.1103/gf4y-p5j7

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Hybrid Hadronization — A Study of In-Medium Hadronization of Jets
arXiv:2501.16482 [hep-ph]

Conference proceedings:

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Effects of hadronic reinteraction on jet fragmentation from small to large systems
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2506.16344 [hep-ph]

F. Hekhorn
Towards N3LO PDFs and their implications for Higgs production cross-sections
Contribution to Moriond2025: 59th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions
arXiv:2505.10369 [hep-ph]

P. Paakkinen
Hard probes and nuclear PDFs
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.21610 [hep-ph]

I. Soudi
Jets: Hard-soft correlation — Theory overview
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.20499 [hep-ph]

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
The impact of glasma on heavy quark spectra and correlations
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.01147 [hep-ph]

A. Ipp et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Charged particle multiplicity in pp-collisions from the dilute Glasma
Contribution to QCHSC 2024
arXiv:2502.16564 [hep-ph]

A. Ipp et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Limiting fragmentation in the dilute Glasma
Contribution to QCHSC 2024
arXiv:2502.16562 [hep-ph]