Measurement of inelastic, single- and double-diffraction cross sections in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with ALICE

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Abelev, B. - Adam, J. - Adamová, Dagmar - Bielčík, J. - Bielčíková, Jana - Čepila, J. - Křelina, M. - Krus, M. - Kushpil, Svetlana - Kushpil, Vasilij - Mareš, Jiří A. - Pachr, M. - Petráček, V. - Petráň, M. - Polák, Karel - Pospíšil, V. - Šmakal, R. - Šumbera, Michal - Tlustý, D. - Vajzer, Michal - Wagner, V. - Zach, Č. - Závada, Petr … celkem 987 autorů
Measurement of inelastic, single- and double-diffraction cross sections in proton-proton collisions at the LHC with ALICE.
European Physical Journal C. Roč. 73, č. 6 (2013), s. 2456. ISSN 1434-6044. E-ISSN 1434-6052
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) LG13031
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:61389005
Klíčová slova: ALICE * inelastic cross section
Kód oboru RIV: BG - Jaderná, atomová a mol. fyzika, urychlovače; BF - Elementární částice a fyzika vys. energií (FZU-D)
Impakt faktor: 5.436, rok: 2013
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Measurements of cross sections of inelastic and diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions at LHC energies were carried out with the ALICE detector. The fractions of diffractive processes in inelastic collisions were determined from a study of gaps in charged particle pseudorapidity distributions: for single diffraction (diffractive mass M-X < 200 GeV/c(2)) sigma(SD)/sigma(INEL) = 0.21 +/- 0.03, 0.20(-0.08)(+0.07,) and 0.20(-0.07)(+0.04), respectively at centre-of-mass energies root s = 0.9, 2.76, and 7 TeV; for double diffraction (for a pseudorapidity gap Delta eta > 3) sigma(DD)/sigma(INEL) = 0.11 +/- 0.03, 0.12 +/- 0.05, and 0.12(-0.04)(+0.05), respectively at root s = 0.9, 2.76, and 7 TeV. To measure the inelastic cross section, beam properties were determined with van der Meer scans, and, using a simulation of diffraction adjusted to data, the following values were obtained: sigma(INEL) = 62.8(-4.0)(+2.4)(model) +/- 1.2(lumi) mb at root s = 2.76 TeV and 73.2(-4.6)(+2.0)(model) +/- 2.6(lumi) mb at root s = 7 TeV. The single- and double-diffractive cross sections were calculated combining relative rates of diffraction with inelastic cross sections. The results are compared to previous measurements at proton-antiproton and proton-proton colliders at lower energies, to measurements by other experiments at the LHC, and to theoretical models.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0223888