  We propose the study of the inclusive hadroproduction of a heavy-flavored jet
in association with a light jet, as a probe channel of strong interactions at
high energies. We build up a hybrid factorization that encodes genuine
high-energy effects, provided by a partial next-to-leading BFKL resummation,
inside the standard collinear structure of the cross section. We present a
detailed analysis of different distributions, shaped on kinematic ranges
typical of experimental analyses at the Large Hadron Collider, and differential
in rapidity, azimuthal angle and transverse momentum. The fair stability that
these distributions exhibit under higher-order corrections motivates our
interest toward future studies. Here, the hybrid factorization could help to
deepen our understanding of heavy-flavor physics in wider kinematic ranges,
like the ones accessible at the Electron-Ion Collider.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology