b-Hadron production in the general-mass variable-flavour-number scheme and LHC data

Abstract

We study inclusive b-hadron production in pp collisions at the LHC at different center-of-mass energies and compare with experimental data from the LHCb and CMS collaborations. Our predictions for cross sections differential in the transverse momentum and (pseudo-)rapidity agree with data within uncertainties due to renormalization scale variations. A small tension is found if data and theory predictions are compared for cross section ratios at different center-of-mass energies.

Comments: 22 pages. Replaced LHCb data: now match with revised version (v9) of arXiv:1612.05140