Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV
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2012
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Abelev, B.I.
Christakoglou, P.
Peitzmann, T.
Snellings, Raimond
de Haas, A.P.
Nooren, G
Oskamp, C.J.
van den Brink, A.
Kuijer, P
Botje, M.A.J.
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The production of muons from heavy flavour decays is measured at forward rapidity in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 7 TeV collected with the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The analysis is carried out on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity Lint = 16.5 nb−1. The transverse momentum and rapidity differential production cross sections of muons from heavy flavour decays are measured in the rapidity range 2.5 <y <4, over the transverse momentum range 2 <pt <12 GeV/c. The results are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD calculations.
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Abelev, B I, Christakoglou, P, Peitzmann, T, Snellings, R J M, de Haas, A P, Nooren, G J L, Oskamp, C J, van den Brink, A, Kuijer, P G, Botje, M A J, van der Kolk, N, Mischke, A, van Leeuwen, M, Grelli, A, Verweij, M, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Perez Lara, C E, Thomas, D & Luparello, G 2012, 'Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton–proton collisions at √s=7 TeV', Physics Letters B, vol. 708, pp. 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.063