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Measurements of the electron and muon inclusive cross-sections in proton–proton collisions at √=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Published inPhysics letters. B, vol. 707, no. 5, p. 438-458
Publication date2012
Abstract

This Letter presents measurements of the differential cross-sections for inclusive electron and muon production in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √=7 TeV, using data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The muon cross-section is measured as a function of pTpT in the range 4<100 GeV4<100 GeV and within pseudorapidity |η|<2.5|η|<2.5. In addition the electron and muon cross-sections are measured in the range 7<26 GeV7<26 GeV and within |η|<2.0|η|<2.0, excluding 1.37<|η|<1.521.37<|η|<1.52. Integrated luminosities of 1.3 pb−11.3 pb−1 and 1.4 pb−11.4 pb−1 are used for the electron and muon measurements, respectively. After subtraction of the W/Z/γ⁎ contribution, the differential cross-sections are found to be in good agreement with theoretical predictions for heavy-flavour production obtained from Fixed Order NLO calculations with NLL high-pTpT resummation, and to be sensitive to the effects of NLL resummation.

Keywords
  • QCD
  • Heavy Flavour Production
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ATLAS Collaboration. Measurements of the electron and muon inclusive cross-sections in proton–proton collisions at √=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Physics letters. B, 2012, vol. 707, n° 5, p. 438–458. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.054
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