# Open heavy-flavour measurements in pp and p--Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHC

## TL;DR

This paper reviews heavy-flavour production measurements in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions at the LHC using the ALICE detector, highlighting the detector's capabilities and key findings from Run 1.

## Contribution

It provides an overview of heavy-flavour measurements with ALICE in Run 1, emphasizing the detector's suitability and the results obtained in pp and p--Pb collisions.

## Key findings

- Heavy-flavour production measured successfully in pp and p--Pb collisions.
- ALICE detector effectively captures charm and beauty decay channels.
- Results contribute to understanding QCD in high-energy collisions.

## Abstract

The ALICE detector is well suited to measure heavy-flavour (charm and beauty) production via hadronic and semi-leptonic decay channels of heavy-flavour particles. Here an overview of heavy-flavour measurements made with the ALICE detector during Run 1 in pp and p--Pb collisions is presented and discussed.