# B-meson production in the general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme and LHC data

## TL;DR

This paper compares LHC B-meson production data with theoretical predictions from the general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme, demonstrating near-perfect agreement with proper scale and PDF choices.

## Contribution

It provides a detailed validation of the general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme against LHC data at NLO, emphasizing the importance of scale and PDF selection.

## Key findings

- Excellent agreement between theory and experiment when parameters are optimized.
- Highlights the effectiveness of the general-mass scheme in describing B-meson production.
- Supports the use of this scheme for future collider predictions.

## Abstract

We study inclusive $B$-meson production in $pp$ collisions at the LHC and compare experimental data with predictions of the general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme at next-to-leading order of perturbative QCD. We find almost perfect agreement provided that the factorization scale parameters and the parton distribution functions are chosen appropriately.