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Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton--proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

B. Abelev69J. Adam34D. Adamová74A. M. Adare120M. M. Aggarwal78G. Aglieri Rinella30A. G. Agocs60A. Agostinelli19S. Aguilar Salazar56Z. Ahammed116N. Ahmad14A. Ahmad Masoodi14S. U. Ahn64 37A. Akindinov46D. Aleksandrov89B. Alessandro95R. Alfaro Molina56A. Alici96 30 9A. Alkin2E. Almaráz Aviña56T. Alt36V. Altini28 30S. Altinpinar15I. Altsybeev117C. Andrei71A. Andronic86V. Anguelov83J. Anielski54C. Anson16T. Antičić87F. Antinori100P. Antonioli96L. Aphecetche102H. Appelshäuser52N. Arbor65S. Arcelli19A. Arend52N. Armesto13R. Arnaldi95T. Aronsson120I. C. Arsene86M. Arslandok52A. Asryan117A. Augustinus30R. Averbeck86T. C. Awes75J. ÄYstö38M. D. Azmi14M. Bach36A. Badalà97Y. W. Baek64 37R. Bailhache52R. Bala95R. Baldini Ferroli9A. Baldisseri12A. Baldit64F. Baltasar Dos Santos Pedrosa30J. Bán47R. C. Baral48R. Barbera24F. Barile28G. G. Barnaföldi60L. S. Barnby91V. Barret64J. Bartke104M. Basile19N. Bastid64B. Bathen54G. Batigne102B. Batyunya59C. Baumann52I. G. Bearden72H. Beck52I. Belikov58F. 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Cepila34P. Cerello95B. Chang38 123S. Chapeland30J. L. Charvet12S. Chattopadhyay90S. Chattopadhyay116M. Cherney77C. Cheshkov30 109B. Cheynis109E. Chiavassa95V. Chibante Barroso30D. D. Chinellato108P. Chochula30M. Chojnacki45P. Christakoglou73 45C. H. Christensen72P. Christiansen29T. Chujo114S. U. Chung85C. Cicalo93L. Cifarelli19 30F. Cindolo96J. Cleymans80F. Coccetti9J. -P. Coffin58F. Colamaria28D. Colella28G. Conesa Balbastre65Z. Conesa Del Valle30 58P. Constantin83G. Contin20J. G. Contreras8T. M. Cormier119Y. Corrales Morales26P. Cortese27I. Cortés Maldonado1M. R. Cosentino68 108F. Costa30M. E. Cotallo7E. Crescio8P. Crochet64E. Cruz Alaniz56E. Cuautle55L. Cunqueiro66A. Dainese22 100H. H. Dalsgaard72A. Danu50K. Das90I. Das90 42D. Das90A. Dash48 108S. Dash41 95S. De116A. De Azevedo Moregula66G. O. V. De Barros107A. De Caro25 9G. De Cataldo94J. De Cuveland36A. De Falco21D. De Gruttola25H. Delagrange102E. Del Castillo Sanchez30A. Deloff101V. Demanov88N. De Marco95E. Dénes60S. De Pasquale25A. Deppman107G. D. Erasmo28R. De Rooij45D. Di Bari28T. Dietel54C. Di Giglio28S. Di Liberto99A. Di Mauro30P. Di Nezza66R. Divià30Ø. Djuvsland15A. Dobrin119 29T. Dobrowolski101I. Domínguez55B. Dönigus86O. Dordic18O. Driga102A. K. Dubey116L. Ducroux109P. Dupieux64A. K. Dutta Majumdar90M. R. Dutta Majumdar116D. Elia94D. Emschermann54H. Engel51H. A. Erdal32B. Espagnon42M. Estienne102S. Esumi114D. Evans91G. Eyyubova18D. Fabris22 100J. Faivre65D. Falchieri19A. Fantoni66M. Fasel86R. Fearick80A. Fedunov59D. Fehlker15L. Feldkamp54D. Felea50G. Feofilov117A. Fernández Téllez1R. Ferretti27A. Ferretti26J. Figiel104M. A. S. Figueredo107S. Filchagin88R. Fini94D. Finogeev44F. M. Fionda28E. M. Fiore28M. Floris30S. Foertsch80P. Foka86S. Fokin89E. Fragiacomo98M. Fragkiadakis79U. Frankenfeld86U. Fuchs30C. Furget65M. Fusco Girard25J. J. Gaardhøje72M. Gagliardi26A. Gago92M. Gallio26D. R. Gangadharan16P. Ganoti75C. Garabatos86E. Garcia-solis10I. Garishvili69J. Gerhard36M. Germain102C. Geuna12M. Gheata30A. Gheata30B. Ghidini28P. Ghosh116P. Gianotti66M. R. Girard118P. Giubellino30E. Gladysz-dziadus104P. Glässel83R. Gomez106E. G. Ferreiro13L. H. González-trueba56P. González-zamora7S. Gorbunov36A. Goswami82S. Gotovac103V. Grabski56L. K. Graczykowski118R. Grajcarek83A. Grelli45A. Grigoras30C. Grigoras30V. Grigoriev70S. Grigoryan59A. Grigoryan121B. Grinyov2N. Grion98P. Gros29J. F. Grosse-oetringhaus30J. -Y. Grossiord109R. Grosso30F. Guber44R. Guernane65C. Guerra Gutierrez92B. Guerzoni19M. Guilbaud109K. Gulbrandsen72T. Gunji113R. Gupta81A. Gupta81H. Gutbrod86Ø. Haaland15C. Hadjidakis42M. Haiduc50H. Hamagaki113G. Hamar60B. H. Han17L. D. Hanratty91A. Hansen72Z. Harmanova35J. W. Harris120M. Hartig52D. Hasegan50D. Hatzifotiadou96A. Hayrapetyan30 121S. T. Heckel52M. Heide54H. Helstrup32A. Herghelegiu71G. Herrera Corral8N. Herrmann83K. F. Hetland32B. Hicks120P. T. Hille120B. Hippolyte58T. Horaguchi114Y. Hori113P. Hristov30I. Hřivnáčová42M. Huang15S. Huber86T. J. Humanic16D. S. Hwang17R. Ichou64R. Ilkaev88I. Ilkiv101M. Inaba114E. Incani21P. G. Innocenti30G. M. Innocenti26M. Ippolitov89M. Irfan14C. Ivan86A. Ivanov117V. Ivanov76M. Ivanov86O. Ivanytskyi2A. Jachołkowski30P. M. Jacobs68L. Jancurová59H. J. Jang63S. Jangal58M. A. Janik118R. Janik33P. H. S. Y. Jayarathna110S. Jena41R. T. Jimenez Bustamante55L. Jirden30P. G. Jones91H. Jung37W. Jung37A. Jusko91A. B. Kaidalov46V. Kakoyan121S. Kalcher36P. Kaliňák47M. Kalisky54T. Kalliokoski38A. Kalweit53K. Kanaki15J. H. Kang123V. Kaplin70A. Karasu Uysal30 122O. Karavichev44T. Karavicheva44E. Karpechev44A. Kazantsev89U. Kebschull62 51R. Keidel124S. A. Khan116P. Khan90M. M. Khan14A. Khanzadeev76Y. Kharlov43B. Kileng32D. J. Kim38T. Kim123S. Kim17S. H. Kim37M. Kim123J. S. Kim37J. H. Kim17D. W. Kim37B. Kim123S. Kirsch36 30I. Kisel36S. Kiselev46A. Kisiel30 118J. L. Klay4J. Klein83C. Klein-bösing54M. Kliemant52A. Kluge30M. L. Knichel86K. Koch83M. K. Köhler86A. Kolojvari117V. Kondratiev117N. Kondratyeva70A. Konevskikh44A. Korneev88C. Kottachchi Kankanamge Don119R. Kour91M. Kowalski104S. Kox65G. Koyithatta Meethaleveedu41J. Kral38I. Králik47F. Kramer52I. Kraus86T. Krawutschke83 31M. Krelina34M. Kretz36M. Krivda91 47F. Krizek38M. Krus34E. Kryshen76M. Krzewicki73 86Y. Kucheriaev89C. Kuhn58P. G. Kuijer73P. Kurashvili101A. B. Kurepin44A. Kurepin44A. Kuryakin88S. Kushpil74V. Kushpil74H. Kvaerno18M. J. Kweon83Y. Kwon123P. Ladrón De Guevara55I. Lakomov42 117R. Langoy15C. Lara51A. Lardeux102P. La Rocca24C. Lazzeroni91R. Lea20Y. Le Bornec42S. C. Lee37K. S. Lee37F. Lefèvre102J. Lehnert52L. Leistam30M. Lenhardt102V. Lenti94H. León56I. León Monzón106H. León Vargas52P. Lévai60X. Li11J. Lien15R. Lietava91S. Lindal18V. Lindenstruth36C. Lippmann86 30M. A. Lisa16L. Liu15P. I. Loenne15V. R. Loggins119V. Loginov70S. Lohn30D. Lohner83C. Loizides68K. K. Loo38X. Lopez64E. López Torres6G. Løvhøiden18X. -G. Lu83P. Luettig52M. Lunardon22J. Luo40 64G. Luparello45L. Luquin102C. Luzzi30R. Ma120K. Ma40D. M. Madagodahettige-don110A. Maevskaya44M. Mager53 30D. P. Mahapatra48A. Maire58M. Malaev76I. Maldonado Cervantes55L. Malinina59 ID. Malʼkevich46P. Malzacher86A. Mamonov88L. Manceau95L. Mangotra81V. Manko89F. Manso64V. Manzari94Y. Mao65 40M. Marchisone64 26J. Mareš49Margagliotti20 Giacomo 98A. Margotti96A. Marín86C. Markert105I. Martashvili112P. Martinengo30M. I. Martínez1A. Martínez Davalos56G. Martínez García102Y. Martynov2A. Mas102S. Masciocchi86M. Masera26A. Masoni93L. Massacrier109 102M. Mastromarco94A. Mastroserio28 30Z. L. Matthews91A. Matyja102D. Mayani55C. Mayer104J. Mazer112M. A. Mazzoni99F. Meddi23A. Menchaca-rocha56J. Mercado Pérez83M. Meres33Y. Miake114A. Michalon58L. Milano26J. Milosevic18 IiA. Mischke45A. N. Mishra82D. Miśkowiec86 30C. Mitu50J. Mlynarz119A. K. Mohanty30B. Mohanty116L. Molnar30L. Montaño Zetina8M. Monteno95E. Montes7T. Moon123M. Morando22D. A. Moreira De Godoy107S. Moretto22A. Morsch30V. Muccifora66E. Mudnic103S. Muhuri116H. Müller30M. G. Munhoz107L. Musa30A. Musso95B. K. Nandi41R. Nania96E. Nappi94C. Nattrass112N. P. Naumov88S. Navin91T. K. Nayak116S. Nazarenko88G. Nazarov88A. Nedosekin46M. Nicassio28B. S. Nielsen72T. Niida114S. Nikolaev89V. Nikolic87V. Nikulin76S. Nikulin89B. S. Nilsen77M. S. Nilsson18F. Noferini96 9P. Nomokonov59G. Nooren45N. Novitzky38A. Nyanin89A. Nyatha41C. Nygaard72J. Nystrand15A. Ochirov117H. Oeschler53 30S. Oh120S. K. Oh37J. Oleniacz118C. Oppedisano95A. Ortiz Velasquez55G. Ortona30 26A. Oskarsson29P. Ostrowski118I. Otterlund29J. Otwinowski86K. Oyama83K. Ozawa113Y. Pachmayer83M. Pachr34F. Padilla26P. Pagano25G. Paić55F. Painke36C. Pajares13S. Pal12S. K. Pal116A. Palaha91A. Palmeri97V. Papikyan121G. S. Pappalardo97W. J. Park86A. Passfeld54B. Pastirčák47D. I. Patalakha43V. Paticchio94A. Pavlinov119T. Pawlak118T. Peitzmann45M. Perales10E. Pereira De Oliveira Filho107D. Peresunko89C. E. Pérez Lara73E. Perez Lezama55D. Perini30D. Perrino28W. Peryt118A. Pesci96V. Peskov30 55Y. Pestov3V. Petráček34M. Petran34M. Petris71P. Petrov91M. 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Zhu40A. Zichichi19 9A. Zimmermann83G. Zinovjev2Y. Zoccarato109M. Zynovyev2

subject

ALICE experiment; P-P collisions; Heavy flavour muon decayProtonAlicePhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsHeavy flavour muon decayheavy flavour01 natural sciencesPp CollisionsSingle MuonsHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)ALICEHeavy Flavour Production[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]Nuclear ExperimentAlice ExperimentALICE experiment; Heavy flavour production; LHC; Pp collisions; Single muons; Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsP-P collisionsQuantum chromodynamicsPhysicsLarge Hadron ColliderLuminosity (scattering theory)PhysicsProduction Cross-SectionPerturbative QCDP-P collisionP(P)Over-Bar CollisionsLHC ALICE experiment pp collisions Single muons Heavy flavour productionLHCLhcpp collisionsParticle Physics - ExperimentHeavy flavour productionParticle physicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsLHC; ALICE; heavy flavourFOS: Physical sciencesalice experiment; pp collisions; heavy flavour production; single muons; lhcNuclear physicsmuon0103 physical sciencesALICE; heavy flavour; muonRapidity010306 general physicsHadron-CollisionsMuonta114Bottom-Quark Production010308 nuclear & particles physicsHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyALICE; LHC; CERN; strange particle; pp; 7 TeV; Heavy flavour production; Single muonsALICE experimentSingle muonsJ/Psi ProductionHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentLepton

description

The production of muons from heavy flavour decays is measured at forward rapidity in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV collected with the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The analysis is carried out on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity $L_{\rm int} = 16.5$ 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 < $p_{\rm T}$ < 12 GeV/$c$. The results are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD calculations.

10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.063http://hdl.handle.net/2318/105107