Measurement of the non-prompt D-meson fraction as a function of multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Authors：Acharya, S.; Adamova, D.; Adler, A.; Rinella, G. Aglieri; Agnello, M.; Agrawal, N.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, S.; Ahn, S. U.; Ahuja, I; Akindinov, A.; Al-Turany, M.; Aleksandrov, D.; Alessandro, B.; Alfanda, H. M.; Molina, R. Alfaro; Ali, B.; Alici, A.; Alizadehvandchali, N.; Alkin, A.; Alme, J.; Alocco, G.; Alt, T.; Altsybeev, I; Anaam, M. N.; Andrei, C.; Andronic, A.; Anguelov, V; Antinori, F.; Antonioli, P.; Apadula, N.; Aphecetche, L.; Appelshaeuser, H.; Arata, C.; Arcelli, S.; Aresti, M.

Source：JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2023, (10): 092.

DOI：10.1007/JHEP10(2023)092

• Hadron-Hadron Scattering
• Heavy Quark Production

The fractions of non-prompt (i.e. originating from beauty-hadron decays) D-0 and D+ mesons with respect to the inclusive yield are measured as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The results are reported in intervals of transverse momentum (pT) and integrated in the range 1 < p(T) < 24 GeV/c. The fraction of non-prompt D-0 and D+ mesons is found to increase slightly as a function of p(T) in all the measured multiplicity intervals, while no significant dependence on the charged-particle multiplicity is observed. In order to investigate the production and hadronisation mechanisms of charm and beauty quarks, the results are compared to PYTHIA 8 as well as EPOS 3 and EPOS 4 Monte Carlo simulations, and to calculations based on the colour glass condensate including three-pomeron fusion.