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Measurement of forward-rapidity heavy-flavour muons in proton-proton collisions at with ALICE
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Nuclear Physics A . Apr2011, Vol. 855 Issue 1, p323-326. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Abstract: We report the first results of the ALICE experiment on heavy-flavour measurements at forward 1 [1] In this paper “forward” means in the LHC clockwise stream with respect to the interaction point. rapidity in the muonic decay channel. The data have been collected during the proton-proton collisions at . In the ALICE program, the heavy-flavour detection in nucleon-nucleon interactions has a central role both as a test of perturbative QCD and as a baseline for the study of matter at high energy densities in heavy-ion collisions. The extraction of the heavy-flavour signal in the inclusive muon spectra requires the subtraction of the contribution from the decay-in-flight of light hadrons and from particles produced in the absorption elements. The details of the analysis and the main results will be discussed in this paper. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03759474
- Volume :
- 855
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nuclear Physics A
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 59815206
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.02.070