Title
Production of muons from heavy flavor decays at forward rapidity in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at √s<inf>NN</inf>=2.76TeV
Date Issued
13 September 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abelev B.
Adam J.
Adamová D.
Adare A.M.
Aggarwal M.M.
Aglieri Rinella G.
Agocs A.G.
Agostinelli A.
Aguilar Salazar S.
Ahammed Z.
Ahmad Masoodi A.
Ahmad N.
Ahn S.A.
Ahn S.U.
Akindinov A.
Aleksandrov D.
Alessandro B.
Alfaro Molina R.
Alici A.
Alkin A.
Almaráz Aviña E.
Alme J.
Alt T.
Altini V.
Altinpinar S.
Altsybeev I.
Andrei C.
Andronic A.
Anguelov V.
Anielski J.
Anson C.
Antičić T.
Antinori F.
Antonioli P.
Aphecetche L.
Appelshäuser H.
Arbor N.
Arcelli S.
Arend A.
Armesto N.
Arnaldi R.
Aronsson T.
Arsene I.C.
Arslandok M.
Asryan A.
Augustinus A.
Averbeck R.
Awes T.C.
Ystö J.
Azmi M.D.
Bach M.
Badalà A.
Baek Y.W.
Bailhache R.
Bala R.
Baldini Ferroli R.
Baldisseri A.
Baldit A.
Baltasar Dos Santos Pedrosa F.
Bán J.
Baral R.C.
Barbera R.
Barile F.
Barnaföldi G.G.
Barnby L.S.
Barret V.
Bartke J.
Basile M.
Bastid N.
Basu S.
Bathen B.
Batigne G.
Batyunya B.
Baumann C.
Bearden I.G.
Beck H.
Belikov I.
Bellini F.
Bellwied R.
Belmont-Moreno E.
Bencedi G.
Beole S.
Berceanu I.
Bercuci A.
Berdnikov Y.
Berenyi D.
Bergognon A.A.E.
Berzano D.
Betev L.
Bhasin A.
Bhati A.K.
Bhom J.
Bianchi L.
Bianchi N.
Bianchin C.
Bielčík J.
Bielčíková J.
Bilandzic A.
Bjelogrlic S.
Blanco F.
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
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=2.76TeV. 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<p t<10GeV/c. The suppression shows no significant pt dependence. © 2012 CERN.
Volume
109
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84866330720
Source
Physical Review Letters
ISSN of the container
10797114
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation 0969966 NSF
Science and Technology Facilities Council ALICE, GRIDPP, ST/G008833/1, ST/I003398/1, ST/J000108/1, ST/J000140/1 STFC
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20224014, 23340074 JSPS
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