Speaker
Christine Marie Monteverdi
(iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))
Description
The measurements of heavy-flavour production via leptonic decays in proton-
proton (pp) collisions with ALICE at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies are
described. Heavy flavour (charm and beauty) are produced at an early stage of
the collision via hard scatterings. In ALICE, heavy-flavour measurements are
measured in the central barrel (|η|<0.9) via the semi-electronic decay channel
and at forward rapidity (-4<η<-2.5) via the single muonic decay channel.
These measurements provide a testing ground for quantum chromodynamics
(QCD) theoretical models.
These collisions also serve as a baseline for heavy-ion collisions. Results
obtained by the ALICE Collaboration will be described and, where available,
compared to model calculations
Author
Christine Marie Monteverdi
(iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))
Co-authors
Edith Zinhle Buthelezi
(iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))
Prof.
Paul Papka
(iThemba Labs, National Research Foundation (ZA))
Siegfried Foertsch
(iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))
