Measurement of the inelastic pp cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV
The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions, with at least one prompt long-lived charged particle of transverse momentum p [subscript T] > 0.2GeV/c in the pseudorapidity range 2.0 < η < 4.5, is measured by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV. The cross-...
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Springer-Verlag
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96844 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-3346 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4670-1334 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-1732 |
| Summary: | The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions, with at least one prompt long-lived charged particle of transverse momentum p [subscript T] > 0.2GeV/c in the pseudorapidity range 2.0 < η < 4.5, is measured by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV. The cross-section in this kinematic range is determined to be σ [acc over inel] = 55.0 ± 2.4 mb with an experimental uncertainty that is dominated by systematic contributions. Extrapolation to the full phase space, using Pythia 6, yields σ [subscript inel] = 66.9 ± 2.9 ± 4.4 mb, where the first uncertainty is experimental and the second is due to the extrapolation. |
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