Beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton running period

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; O. Abdinov; B Abeloos; R. Aben; M. Abolins; O.S. AbouZeid; Abraham Nitzan; H. Abramowicz; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Almut Maria Pingel; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Almut Maria Pingel; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Lars Egholm Pedersen

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Beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton running period

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, B Abeloos, R. Aben, M. Abolins, O.S. AbouZeid, Abraham Nitzan, H. Abramowicz, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Almut Maria Pingel, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn GalsterLotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Almut Maria Pingel, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth, Lars Egholm Pedersen

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This paper discusses various observations on beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton run. Building on published results based on 2011 data, the correlations between background and residual pressure of the beam vacuum are revisited. Ghost charge evolution over 2012 and its role for backgrounds are evaluated. New methods to monitor ghost charge with beam-gas rates are presented and observations of LHC abort gap population by ghost charge are discussed in detail. Fake jets from colliding bunches and from ghost charge are analysed with improved methods, showing that ghost charge in individual radio-frequency buckets of the LHC can be resolved. Some results of two short periods of dedicated cosmic-ray background data-taking are shown; in particular cosmic-ray muon induced fake jet rates are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and to the fake jet rates from beam background. A thorough analysis of a particular LHC fill, where abnormally high background was observed, is presented. Correlations between backgrounds and beam intensity losses in special fills with very high β^∗ are studied.

Original language	English
Article number	P05013
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	11
ISSN	1748-0221
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/05/P05013
Publication status	Published - 20 May 2016

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O. S., Nitzan, A., Abramowicz, H., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Pingel, A. M., Alonso Diaz, A., Monk, J. W., ... Pedersen, L. E. (2016). Beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton running period. Journal of Instrumentation, 11, [P05013]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/05/P05013

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Aben, R, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, OS, Nitzan, A, Abramowicz, H, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Pingel, AM, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Galster, GAGK, Thomsen, LA, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Pingel, AM, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Pedersen, LE 2016, 'Beam-induced and cosmic-ray backgrounds observed in the ATLAS detector during the LHC 2012 proton-proton running period', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 11, P05013. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/05/P05013

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