Abstract

This Letter presents a measurement of the inelastic proton-proton cross section using 60 μb−1 of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s) of 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Inelastic interactions are selected using highly efficient plastic scintillators in the forward region of the detector. A cross section of 68.2±1.5 mb is measured in the fiducial region ξ=M2X/s>10−6, where MX is the largest invariant mass of the two hadronic systems separated by the largest rapidity gap in the event. For diffractive events this corresponds to cases where at least one proton dissociates to a system of mass larger than 13 GeV. The measurement agrees with a range of theoretical predictions. When extrapolated to the full phase space, the result is consistent with an inelastic cross section increasing with center-of-mass energy, as observed at lower energies.

Autore Pugliese

• Spagnolo Stefania Antonia , Gorini Edoardo , Ventura Andrea

Tutti gli autori

• Aaboud M. , Chiodini G. , Gorini E. , Primavera M. , Spagnolo S.A. , Ventura A.

Titolo volume/Rivista

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Anno di pubblicazione

2016

ISSN

1079-7114

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

19

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

27/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

34

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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