Inclusive and multiplicity dependent production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in pp and p-Pb collisions

Collaboration
Mar 23, 2023
46 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 08 (2023) 006
  • Published: Aug 2, 2023
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Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2023-041
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Abstract: (Springer)
Measurements of the production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in pp collisions at s \sqrt{s} = 13 TeV at midrapidity with the ALICE detector are presented down to a transverse momentum (pT_{T}) of 0.2 GeV/c and up to pT_{T} = 35 GeV/c, which is the largest momentum range probed for inclusive electron measurements in ALICE. In p-Pb collisions, the production cross section and the nuclear modification factor of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays are measured in the pT_{T} range 0.5 < pT_{T}< 26 GeV/c at sNN \sqrt{s_{\textrm{NN}}} = 8.16 TeV. The nuclear modification factor is found to be consistent with unity within the statistical and systematic uncertainties. In both collision systems, first measurements of the yields of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in different multiplicity intervals normalised to the multiplicity-integrated yield (self-normalised yield) at midrapidity are reported as a function of the self-normalised charged-particle multiplicity estimated at midrapidity. The self-normalised yields in pp and p-Pb collisions grow faster than linear with the self-normalised multiplicity. A strong pT_{T} dependence is observed in pp collisions, where the yield of high-pT_{T} electrons increases faster as a function of multiplicity than the one of low-pT_{T} electrons. The measurement in p-Pb collisions shows no pT_{T} dependence within uncertainties. The self-normalised yields in pp and p-Pb collisions are compared with measurements of other heavy-flavour, light-flavour, and strange particles, and with Monte Carlo simulations.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • hadron: decay
  • electron: production
  • multiplicity: difference
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
  • multiplicity: dependence
  • electron: yield
  • p p: scattering
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • heavy quark