Abstract

Measurements of the production of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV at midrapidity with the ALICE detector are presented down to a transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) of 0.2 GeV$/c$ and up to $p_{\rm T} = 35$ GeV$/c$, which is the largest momentum range probed for inclusive electron measurements in ALICE. In p$-$Pb collisions, the production cross section and the nuclear modification factor of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays are measured in the $p_{\rm T}$ range $0.5 < p_{\rm T} < 26$ GeV$/c$ at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 8.16$ TeV. The nuclear modification factor is found to be consistent with unity within the statistical and systematic uncertainties. In both collision systems, first measurements of the yields of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in different multiplicity intervals normalised to the multiplicity-integrated yield (self-normalised yield) at midrapidity are reported as a function of the self-normalised charged-particle multiplicity estimated at midrapidity. The self-normalised yields in pp and p$-$Pb collisions grow faster than linear with the self-normalised multiplicity. A strong $p_{\rm T}$ dependence is observed in pp collisions, where the yield of high-$p_{\rm T}$ electrons increases faster as a function of multiplicity than the one of low-$p_{\rm T}$ electrons. The measurement in p$-$Pb collisions shows no $p_{\rm T}$ dependence within uncertainties. The self-normalised yields in pp and p$-$Pb collisions are compared with measurements of other heavy-flavour, light-flavour, and strange particles, and with Monte Carlo simulations.

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Data from Figure 5 right

10.17182/hepdata.142624.v1/t1

pT-differential cross section of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV measured at midrapidity
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Data from Figure 7

10.17182/hepdata.142624.v1/t2

pT-differential cross section of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 8.16 TeV measured at...
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Data from Figure 8 left

10.17182/hepdata.142624.v1/t3

The Nuclear modification factor RpPb of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays in p--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 8.16 TeV
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Data from Figure 9.

10.17182/hepdata.142624.v1/t4

Self-normalised yield of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays as a function of normalised charged-particle pseudorapidity density at midrapidity computed in...
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Data from Figure 14.

10.17182/hepdata.142624.v1/t5

Self-normalised yield of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays as a function of normalised charged-particle pseudorapidity density at midrapidity computed in...

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