Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

G. Aad; Mogens Dam; Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Peter Henrik Hansen; John Renner Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp; Esben Bryndt Klinkby; Sascha Mehlhase; Björn Stefan Nilsson; Troels Christian Petersen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Stefania Xella

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1926-0

Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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Pseudorapidity gap distributions in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV are studied using a minimum bias data sample with an integrated luminosity of 7.1 μb⁻¹. Cross sections are measured differentially in terms of Δη^F, the larger of the pseudorapidity regions extending to the limits of the ATLAS sensitivity, at η = ±4.9, in which no final state particles are produced above a transverse momentum threshold p^cut_T. The measurements span the region 0 < Δη^F < 8 for 200 MeV < p^cut_T < 800 MeV. At small Δη^F, the data test the reliability of hadronisation models in describing rapidity and transverse momentum fluctuations in final state particle production. The measurements at larger gap sizes are dominated by contributions from the single diffractive dissociation process (pp →Xp), enhanced by double dissociation (pp → XY) where the invariant mass of the lighter of the two dissociation systems satisfies M_Y < 7 GeV. The resulting cross section is dσ/dΔη^F ≈1 mb for Δη^F > 3. The large rapidity gap data are used to constrain the value of the Pomeron intercept appropriate to triple Regge models of soft diffraction. The cross section integrated over all gap sizes is compared with other LHC inelastic cross section measurements.

Original language	English
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	72
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	1926
ISSN	1434-6044
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1926-0
Publication status	Published - 13 Mar 2012

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Aad, G., Dam, M., Boelaert, N. M. P., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, J. D., Jørgensen, M. D., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Klinkby, E. B., Mehlhase, S., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., & Xella, S. (2012). Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. European Physical Journal C, 72(3), 1926. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1926-0

Aad, G, Dam, M, Boelaert, NMP, Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JR , Hansen, JD, Jørgensen, MD, Heisterkamp, SJF, Klinkby, EB, Mehlhase, S, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Xella, S 2012, 'Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV', European Physical Journal C, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1926. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1926-0

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