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arxiv: 2606.20063 · v1 · pith:KZSFVPA6new · submitted 2026-06-18 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex· nucl-ex· nucl-th

Toward Precision Fragmentation of Ω_(3Q) Baryons: The OMG3Q1.1 Framework

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The OMG3Q1.1 framework yields the first uncertainty-resolved fragmentation-function set for the Ω_{3Q} sector.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops the OMG3Q1.1 framework to model the fragmentation of same-flavor all-heavy Ω_{3Q} baryons in high-energy hadronic collisions. It combines diquark-inspired inputs for constituent-heavy-quark and gluon channels with threshold-aware DGLAP evolution in the HF-NRevo scheme. A replica-based strategy is introduced to quantify uncertainties from missing higher-order perturbative effects and nonperturbative wave-function variations. This approach produces the first fragmentation-function grids that carry controlled error estimates for the Ω_{3Q} sector. A sympathetic reader would care because recent observations of doubly charmed baryons have heightened the need for reliable theoretical tools to predict production rates of even heavier systems at colliders.

Core claim

The OMG3Q1.1 framework yields the first uncertainty-resolved fragmentation-function set for the Ω_{3Q} sector by combining diquark-inspired inputs for constituent-heavy-quark and gluon channels with threshold-aware DGLAP evolution within the HF-NRevo scheme and applying a replica-based strategy to quantify perturbative missing-higher-order effects and nonperturbative wave-function uncertainties.

What carries the argument

Replica-based strategy for quantifying missing-higher-order perturbative uncertainties and nonperturbative wave-function uncertainties, applied to diquark-inspired inputs evolved with the HF-NRevo scheme.

Load-bearing premise

Diquark-inspired inputs together with the HF-NRevo evolution scheme capture the dominant physics of Ω_{3Q} fragmentation without large unquantified systematic biases from other nonperturbative effects.

What would settle it

A measurement of the semi-inclusive production rate of Ω_{3Q} baryons plus jets at the LHC that falls significantly outside the uncertainty band of the OMG3Q1.1 grids would show that important contributions have been missed.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.20063 by Francesco Giovanni Celiberto.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Representative, leading-order contributions to the diquark-inspired proxy model for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Momentum-fraction distributions of the OMG3Q1.1 FFs describing constituent-heavy￾quark fragmentation into Ω3c (left) and Ω3b (right) states. Results are reported for three representative factorization scales, µF = 40, 80, and 160 GeV. Shaded bands in the upper panels represent the total uncertainty obtained from the combination of F-MHOU and F￾NPWF effects. The lower panels isolate the corresponding pertur… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Momentum-fraction distributions of the OMG3Q1.1 FFs describing gluon fragmenta￾tion into Ω3c (left) and Ω3b (right) states. Results are reported for three representative factor￾ization scales, µF = 40, 80, and 160 GeV. Shaded bands in the upper panels represent the total uncertainty obtained from the combination of F-MHOU and F-NPWF effects. The lower pan￾els isolate the corresponding perturbative and nonp… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Scale dependence of the OMG3Q1.1 FFs at fixed z = 0.45 for Ω3c (left) and Ω3b (right) production. The distributions of all active parton species are shown as functions of the factorization scale µF . Predictions correspond to the central replica (replica 0), with F￾MHOU and F-NPWF variations switched off. For details on the replica indexing and parameter mapping, see Table A1 in Appendix A. 4.1 Semi-hard d… view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Schematic illustration of the hybrid collinear/high-energy factorization employed [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Rapidity-separation distributions for semi-inclusive Ω [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p033_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Rapidity-separation distributions for semi-inclusive Ω [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p034_7.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Recent experimental advances in the baryon sector, including the observation of doubly charmed states, have renewed interest in the production mechanisms of increasingly heavy hadronic systems, calling for precision and uncertainty-controlled descriptions. We present the OMG3Q1.1 framework for the fragmentation of same-flavor all-heavy $\Omega_{3Q}$ baryons in high-energy hadronic collisions. The construction combines diquark-inspired inputs for constituent-heavy-quark and gluon channels with threshold-aware DGLAP evolution within the HF-NRevo scheme. A replica-based strategy consistently quantifies perturbative missing-higher-order effects (F-MHOUs) and nonperturbative wave-function uncertainties (F-NPWFs), yielding the first uncertainty-resolved fragmentation-function set for the $\Omega_{3Q}$ sector. The resulting LHAPDF6 grids are employed to investigate semi-inclusive $\Omega_{3Q}$ plus jet production at the HL-LHC and future FCC within the (sym)JETHAD environment. The OMG3Q1.1 framework establishes a precision-oriented baseline for rare triply heavy baryons and provides a foundation for future studies of the heavy-flavor baryon landscape.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript introduces the OMG3Q1.1 framework for fragmentation functions of same-flavor all-heavy Ω_{3Q} baryons. It constructs inputs via a diquark-inspired model for constituent heavy-quark and gluon channels, applies threshold-aware DGLAP evolution in the HF-NRevo scheme, and uses a replica strategy to quantify F-MHOUs and F-NPWFs. The resulting LHAPDF6 grids are then employed to study semi-inclusive Ω_{3Q} + jet production at the HL-LHC and FCC within the (sym)JETHAD environment, presented as the first uncertainty-resolved set for this sector.

Significance. If the base inputs and replica uncertainties are shown to be robust, the work supplies a needed precision baseline for rare triply heavy baryon phenomenology and collider predictions. The replica-based treatment that consistently propagates both perturbative and nonperturbative uncertainties is a methodological strength worth preserving.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the claim that the replica strategy yields an uncertainty-resolved fragmentation-function set is load-bearing. The construction rests on diquark-inspired inputs whose validity for all-heavy three-quark systems is not demonstrated; if genuine three-body color and spatial correlations shift the central functions outside the quoted replica bands, the uncertainty-resolution claim is compromised. The manuscript must explicitly test or bound this possibility (e.g., via comparison to alternative three-quark wave-function models) rather than assume the chosen inputs dominate the error budget.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the acronym 'OMG3Q1.1' is introduced without expansion or definition.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: '(sym)JETHAD environment' appears without citation or brief description of its scope.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and the substantive comment on the abstract. We address the concern point by point below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the claim that the replica strategy yields an uncertainty-resolved fragmentation-function set is load-bearing. The construction rests on diquark-inspired inputs whose validity for all-heavy three-quark systems is not demonstrated; if genuine three-body color and spatial correlations shift the central functions outside the quoted replica bands, the uncertainty-resolution claim is compromised. The manuscript must explicitly test or bound this possibility (e.g., via comparison to alternative three-quark wave-function models) rather than assume the chosen inputs dominate the error budget.

    Authors: We agree that the validity of the diquark-inspired inputs for all-heavy three-quark systems is an important assumption underlying the uncertainty-resolution claim. The replica strategy in OMG3Q1.1 samples variations in diquark masses, wave-function normalizations, shape parameters, and perturbative orders within the chosen modeling framework, which is motivated by its prior success for doubly-heavy baryons. However, this does not constitute an explicit test against genuine three-body color and spatial correlations that might lie outside the sampled variations. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated paragraph in Section 3.2 that qualitatively assesses possible three-body effects and enlarges the replica ensemble to include broader functional variations that partially mimic such correlations, thereby providing a partial bound on the central-value shift. We view this as a proportionate response that strengthens the presentation without requiring a full alternative three-quark calculation at this stage. revision: partial

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full rationale

The abstract describes a modeling framework that combines diquark-inspired inputs with the HF-NRevo evolution scheme and applies a replica strategy to quantify F-MHOUs and F-NPWFs. No equations, explicit self-citations, or derivations are shown that reduce any central prediction or uncertainty estimate to the inputs by construction. The derivation chain is presented as a new construction for the Ω_{3Q} sector and remains self-contained against external benchmarks in the given material.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard evolution equations plus domain-specific modeling choices whose parameters are not independently derived; no new particles or forces are postulated.

free parameters (2)
  • nonperturbative wave-function parameters
    F-NPWFs are quantified via replicas, implying parameters that are either fitted or chosen to represent baryon structure.
  • replica variation parameters for F-MHOUs
    Missing-higher-order uncertainties are estimated by replicas, requiring choices of variation ranges.
axioms (2)
  • standard math DGLAP evolution equations remain valid for these heavy baryon fragmentation functions when threshold effects are included
    Invoked via the threshold-aware DGLAP evolution inside the HF-NRevo scheme.
  • domain assumption Diquark-inspired inputs provide a sufficient description of the constituent-heavy-quark and gluon fragmentation channels
    Explicitly combined with diquark-inspired inputs for the initial conditions.

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