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

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

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

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

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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, σ_tot(pp→X), is measured via the optical theorem to be σ_tot(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.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	761
Pages (from-to)	158-178
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.020
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., AbouZeid, O. S., Abraham, NL., Abramowicz, H., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., Pingel, A. M., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2016). Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Physics Letters B, 761, 158-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.020

Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Aben, R, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2016, 'Measurement of the total cross section from elastic scattering in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 761, pp. 158-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.020

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

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