The ALICE Collaboration has measured the inclusive production of muons from heavy-flavor decays at forward rapidity, 2.5<y<4, in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV. The pt-differential inclusive cross section of muons from heavy-flavor decays in pp collisions is compared to perturbative QCD calculations. The nuclear modification factor is studied as a function of pt and collision centrality. A weak suppression is measured in peripheral collisions. In the most central collisions, a suppression of a factor of about 3–4 is observed in 6<pt < 10 GeV/c. The suppression shows no significant pt dependence.

Production of Muons from Heavy Flavor Decays at Forward Rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76  / Abelev, B., Adam, J., Adamova, D., Adare, A.m., Aggarwal, M.m., Rinella, G.a., Agocs, A.g., Agostinelli, A., Salazar, S.a., Ahammed, Z., Masoodi, A.a., Ahmad, N., Ahn, S.a., Ahn, S.u., Akindinov, A., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Molina, R.a., Alici, A., Alkin, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 109:11(2012). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.112301]

Production of Muons from Heavy Flavor Decays at Forward Rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 

BRUNO, Giuseppe Eugenio;
2012

Abstract

The ALICE Collaboration has measured the inclusive production of muons from heavy-flavor decays at forward rapidity, 2.5
2012
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.112301
Production of Muons from Heavy Flavor Decays at Forward Rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76  / Abelev, B., Adam, J., Adamova, D., Adare, A.m., Aggarwal, M.m., Rinella, G.a., Agocs, A.g., Agostinelli, A., Salazar, S.a., Ahammed, Z., Masoodi, A.a., Ahmad, N., Ahn, S.a., Ahn, S.u., Akindinov, A., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Molina, R.a., Alici, A., Alkin, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 109:11(2012). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.112301]
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