Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV

Abstract

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 $L_{\mathrm{int}}=16.5$ 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 < $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ < 12 GeV/$c$. The results are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD calculations.

19 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, authors from page 14, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/3505

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