Heavy quark impact factor for the LHC phenomenology

Abstract

We comment on the calculation of the finite part of the heavy quark impact factor at next-to-leading logarithmic (NLx) accuracy. The result is presented in a form suitable for phenomenological studies such as the calculation of the cross-section for single heavy quark production at the LHC within the kT-factorization scheme.

Comments: submitted for the EPS-HEP 2013 proceedings, 3 pages