$\phi$ meson production at forward rapidity in pp and Pb–Pb collisions with ALICE at the LHC

The ALICE Collaboration has measured $\phi$ meson production in the dimuon channel at the forward rapidity (2.5 < $\mathit{y}$ < 4) in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at several center of mass energies. Results in pp collisions at center of mass energies $\sqrt{s}$ = 5.02 and 8 TeV are reported. They complement the previously published results at $\sqrt{s}$ = 2.76 and $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV, providing a solid baseline for Pb–Pb collisions. In Pb–Pb, the preliminary $\phi$ meson transverse momentum spectra for different centrality classes and the yields as a function of the collision centrality in the transverse momentum range 2 < $p_{T}$ < 7 GeV/c are presented.