Heavy-flavour results in pp collisions at LHC with ALICE

TL;DR

This paper reports on measurements of open heavy-flavour production in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies using ALICE, employing various decay channels to understand heavy quark production mechanisms.

Contribution

It provides new experimental results on heavy-flavour production at different energies, utilizing multiple decay channels for comprehensive analysis.

Findings

Measured open heavy-flavour yields at 7 and 2.76 TeV

Used semileptonic and hadronic decay channels for analysis

Contributes to understanding heavy quark production in pp collisions

Abstract

Results on open heavy-flavour production in p-p collisions at sqrt{s} = 7 and 2.76 TeV measured with ALICE at the LHC are presented. Open heavy flavour production is studied using semileptonic decays to electrons and muons and, for open charm states (D0, D+, D* and Ds) at central rapidity, also from exclusive hadronic decay channels.