A measurement of the total pp cross section at the LHC at s=8 TeV is presented. An integrated luminosity of 500 μb−1 was accumulated in a special run with high-β⋆ beam optics to measure the differential elastic cross section as a function of the Mandelstam momentum transfer variable t. The measurement is performed with the ALFA sub-detector of ATLAS. Using a fit to the differential elastic cross section in the −t range from 0.014 GeV2 to 0.1 GeV2 to extrapolate t→0, the total cross section, σtot(pp→X), is measured via the optical theorem to beσtot(pp→X)=96.07±0.18(stat.)±0.85(exp.)±0.31(extr.)mb, where the first error is statistical, the second accounts for all experimental systematic uncertainties and the last is related to uncertainties in the extrapolation t→0. In addition, the slope of the exponential function describing the elastic cross section at small t is determined to be B=19.74±0.05(stat.)±0.23(syst.)GeV−2.

Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., et al. (2016). Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 761, 158-178 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.020].

Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ALBERGHI, GIAN LUIGI;BELLAGAMBA, LORENZO;BIONDI, SILVIA;BOSCHERINI, DAVIDE;BRUNI, ALESSIA;BRUNI, GRAZIANO;Cabras, G.;D'AMEN, GABRIELE;DE CASTRO, STEFANO;FABBRI, FEDERICA;FABBRI, LAURA;FRANCHINI, MATTEO;GABRIELLI, ALESSANDRO;GIACOBBE, BENEDETTO;LASAGNI MANGHI, FEDERICO;MASSA, LORENZO;MENGARELLI, ALBERTO;POLINI, ALESSANDRO;RINALDI, LORENZO;ROMANO, MARINO;SBARRA, CARLA;SEMPRINI CESARI, NICOLA;SIOLI, MAXIMILIANO;SPIGHI, ROBERTO;UCCHIELLI, GIULIA;VALENTINETTI, SARA;VILLA, MAURO;VITTORI, CAMILLA;Vivarelli, I.;ZOCCOLI, ANTONIO;
2016

Abstract

A measurement of the total pp cross section at the LHC at s=8 TeV is presented. An integrated luminosity of 500 μb−1 was accumulated in a special run with high-β⋆ beam optics to measure the differential elastic cross section as a function of the Mandelstam momentum transfer variable t. The measurement is performed with the ALFA sub-detector of ATLAS. Using a fit to the differential elastic cross section in the −t range from 0.014 GeV2 to 0.1 GeV2 to extrapolate t→0, the total cross section, σtot(pp→X), is measured via the optical theorem to beσtot(pp→X)=96.07±0.18(stat.)±0.85(exp.)±0.31(extr.)mb, where the first error is statistical, the second accounts for all experimental systematic uncertainties and the last is related to uncertainties in the extrapolation t→0. In addition, the slope of the exponential function describing the elastic cross section at small t is determined to be B=19.74±0.05(stat.)±0.23(syst.)GeV−2.
2016
Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., et al. (2016). Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 761, 158-178 [10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.020].
Aaboud, M.; Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abdallah, J.; Abdinov, O.; Abeloos, B.; Aben, R.; AbouZeid, O.S.; Abraham, N.L.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; Abreu, R....espandi
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