Inclusive lepton production from heavy-hadron decay in pp collisions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper provides theoretical predictions for leptons from heavy-hadron decays in proton-proton collisions at the LHC, comparing them with experimental data from CMS, ATLAS, and ALICE.

Contribution

It offers next-to-leading order predictions in the general-mass variable-flavor-number scheme for heavy-hadron decay leptons at the LHC, enhancing the understanding of heavy-flavor production.

Findings

Predictions agree well with experimental data

Improved understanding of heavy-flavor decay channels

Validation of theoretical models against LHC measurements

Abstract

We present predictions for the inclusive production of leptons ($e^{\pm},\mu^{\pm}$) originating from charm and bottom-hadrons at the CERN LHC in the general-mass variable-flavor-number scheme at next-to-leading order. Detailed numerical results are compared to data of the CMS, ATLAS and ALICE collaborations.