Recent results related to Double-Parton Scattering (DPS) and Multi-Parton
Interactions (MPI) from the LHC experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb) are
reviewed and discussed together with a brief overview of relevant literature.
The robust evidence collected for DPS in different channels at LHC energies is
complemented by an increasing understanding of our description of MPI in high
energy collisions and the corresponding modelling of the underlying event (UE)
in hadronic interactions. Potential new results expected during Run 2 at the
LHC are also anticipated.
The relation and the interplay between the relevant observables for DPS, MPI
and UE analyses are discussed presenting recent attempts to bring together
their description in a single Monte Carlo tune. Identified hadron spectra at
the LHC have been now measured by all collaborations and results are reviewed
with an emphasis on strangeness production and baryon/meson ratio. The data
collected during Run 1 at the LHC with different collision systems (pp, p-Pb,
Pb-Pb) show that several particle production features appear to be more
correlated with the event multiplicity than the collision system itself.Comment: 7 pages, no figures, LHCP2014 conference proceeding
