Heavy flavour decay muon production at forward rapidity in proton–proton collisions at

The production of muons from heavy flavour decays is measured at forward rapidity in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 7 TeV collected with the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The analysis is carried out on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity L int = 16 . 5 nb − 1 . The transverse momentum and rapidity differential production cross sections of muons from heavy flavour decays are measured in the rapidity range 2 . 5 < y < 4, over the transverse momentum range 2 < p t < 12 GeV / c . The results are compared to predictions based on perturbative QCD calculations.