Measurement of prompt charged-particle production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV

The differential cross-section of prompt inclusive production of long-lived charged particles in proton-proton collisions is measured using a data sample recorded by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 13 TeV. The data sample, collected with an unbiased trigger, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 nb(-1). The differential cross-section is measured as a function of transverse momentum and pseudorapidity in the ranges P-T is an element of [80, 10 000) MeV/c and eta is an element of [2.0, 4.8) and is determined separately for positively and negatively charged particles. The results are compared with predictions from various hadronic-interaction models.

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The LHCb experiment measures the differential cross-section of prompt inclusive production of long-lived charged particles in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The results are compared with predictions from various hadronic-interaction models.