Measurement of ϕ-meson production at forward rapidity in p+p collisions at s=510 GeV and its energy dependence from s=200 GeV to 7 TeV

The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Colliderhas measured the differential cross section of $\phi$(1020)-meson production at forward rapidity in $p$$+$$p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$510 GeV via the dimuon decay channel. The partial cross section in the rapidity and $p_T$ ranges $1.2<|y|<2.2$ and $2 Large-Hadron-Collidermeasurements at $\sqrt{s}=$2.76 and 7 TeV. The experimental results are compared to various event generatorpredictions ({\sc pythia6, pythia8, phojet, ampt, epos3,} and {\sc epos-lhc}).