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Report number TOTEM-2012-004 ; CERN-PH-EP-2012-353
Title Luminosity-independent measurements of total, elastic and inelastic cross-sections at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV
Author(s) Antchev, G (Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.) ; Aspell, P. (CERN) ; Atanassov, I. (CERN ; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.) ; Avati, V. (CERN) ; Baechler, J. (CERN) ; Berardi, V. (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Berretti, M. (INFN, Siena ; Siena U.) ; Bossini, E. (INFN, Siena ; Siena U.) ; Bozzo, M. (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Brogi, P. (INFN, Siena ; Siena U.) Mostra tots els 78 autors
Publication 2013
Imprint 2013
Number of pages 7
In: EPL 101 (2013) 21004
DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/101/21004
Subject category Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN LHC ; TOTEM
Free keywords forward physics ; minimum bias ; experimental results ; LHC ; Total Cross Section ; Forward physics
Abstract The TOTEM experiment at the LHC has performed the first luminosity-independent determination of the total proton-proton cross-section at $\sqrt {s} = 7\,{\mathrm { TeV}}$ . This technique is based on the optical theorem and requires simultaneous measurements of the inelastic rate – accomplished with the forward charged-particle telescopes T1 and T2 in the range 3.1 < |η| < 6.5 – and of the elastic rate by detecting the outcoming protons with Roman Pot detectors. The data presented here were collected in a dedicated run in 2011 with special beam optics (β* = 90 m) and Roman Pots approaching the beam close enough to register elastic events with squared four-momentum transfers |t| as low as 5·10(−)(3) GeV(2). The luminosity-independent results for the elastic, inelastic and total cross-sections are σ(el) = (25.1 ± 1.1) mb, σ(inel) = (72.9 ± 1.5) mb and σ(tot) = (98.0 ± 2.5) mb, respectively. At the same time this method yields the integrated luminosity, in agreement with measurements by CMS. TOTEM has also determined the total cross-section in two complementary ways, both using the CMS luminosity measurement as an input. The first method sums the elastic and inelastic cross-sections and thus does not depend on the ρ parameter. The second applies the optical theorem to the elastic-scattering measurements only and therefore is free of the T1 and T2 measurement uncertainties. The methods, having very different systematic dependences, give results in excellent agreement. Moreover, the ρ-independent measurement makes a first estimate for the ρ parameter at $\sqrt {s} = 7\,{\mathrm { TeV}}$ possible: |ρ| = 0.145 ± 0.091.
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