TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison between simulated and observed LHC beam backgrounds in the ATLAS experiment at E-beam=4 TeV
AU - Aaboud, M.
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdinov, O.
AU - Abeloos, B
AU - Abidi, S.H.
AU - Abouzeid, Ossama Sherif Alexander
AU - Abraham, NL
AU - Abramowicz, H.
AU - Abreu, H.
AU - Abulaiti, Y.
AU - Acharya, B.S.
AU - Adachi, Sosuke
AU - Adamczyk, L.
AU - Adelman, J.
AU - Adersberger, M.
AU - Adiguzel, A.
AU - Adye, T.
AU - Affolder, A. A.
AU - Afik, Y.
AU - Agheorghiesei, C.
AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.
AU - Ahmadov, F.
AU - Aielli, G.
AU - Alonso Diaz, Alejandro
AU - Bajic, Milena
AU - Besjes, Geert-Jan
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - de Almeida Dias, Flavia
AU - Galster, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Monk, James William
AU - Wiglesworth, Graig
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Stark, Simon Holm
AU - Thiele, Fabian Alexander Jürgen
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2018/12/4
Y1 - 2018/12/4
N2 - Results of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations of beam-induced background (BIB) in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are presented and compared with data recorded in 2012. During normal physics operation this background arises mainly from scattering of the 4 TeV protons on residual gas in the beam pipe. Methods of reconstructing the BIB signals in the ATLAS detector, developed and implemented in the simulation chain based on the \textsc{Fluka} Monte Carlo simulation package, are described. The interaction rates are determined from the residual gas pressure distribution in the LHC ring in order to set an absolute scale on the predicted rates of BIB so that they can be compared quantitatively with data. Through these comparisons the origins of the BIB leading to different observables in the ATLAS detectors are analysed. The level of agreement between simulation results and BIB measurements by ATLAS in 2012 demonstrates that a good understanding of the origin of BIB has been reached.
AB - Results of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations of beam-induced background (BIB) in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are presented and compared with data recorded in 2012. During normal physics operation this background arises mainly from scattering of the 4 TeV protons on residual gas in the beam pipe. Methods of reconstructing the BIB signals in the ATLAS detector, developed and implemented in the simulation chain based on the \textsc{Fluka} Monte Carlo simulation package, are described. The interaction rates are determined from the residual gas pressure distribution in the LHC ring in order to set an absolute scale on the predicted rates of BIB so that they can be compared quantitatively with data. Through these comparisons the origins of the BIB leading to different observables in the ATLAS detectors are analysed. The level of agreement between simulation results and BIB measurements by ATLAS in 2012 demonstrates that a good understanding of the origin of BIB has been reached.
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1748-0221
VL - 13
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
M1 - P12006
ER -