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Luminosity monitors at the LHC
We study the theoretical accuracy of various methods that have been proposed
to measure the luminosity of the LHC pp collider, as well as for Run II of the
Tevatron p barp collider. In particular we consider methods based on
(i) the total and forward elastic data, (ii) lepton-pair production and (iii)
W and Z production.Comment: 23 pages, Latex, 9 figure
Soft interaction model and the LHC data
Most models for soft interactions which were proposed prior to the
measurements at the LHC, are only marginally compatible with LHC data, our GLM
model has the same deficiency. In this paper we investigate possible causes of
the problem, by considering separate fits to the high energy (),
and low energy () data. Our new results are moderately higher
than our previous predictions. Our results for total and elastic cross sections
are systematically lower that the recent Totem and Alice published values,
while our results for the inelastic and forward slope agree with the data. If
with additional experimental data, the errors are reduced, while the central
cross section values remain unchanged, we will need to reconsider the physics
on which our model is built.Comment: 12 pp, 12 figures in .eps file
High resolution pixel detectors for e+e- linear colliders
The physics goals at the future e+e- linear collider require high performance
vertexing and impact parameter resolution. Two possible technologies for the
vertex detector of an experimental apparatus are outlined in the paper: an
evolution of the Hybrid Pixel Sensors already used in high energy physics
experiments and a new detector concept based on the monolithic CMOS sensors.Comment: 8 pages, to appear on the Proceedings of the International Workshop
on Linear Colliders LCWS99, Sitges (Spain), April 28 - May 5, 199
Near-to-planar 3-jet events in and beyond QCD perturbation theory
We present the results of QCD analysis of out-of-event-plane momentum
distribution in 3-jet e+e- annihilation events. We consider the all-order
resummed perturbative prediction and the leading power suppressed
non-perturbative corrections to the mean value and the distribution and
explain their non-trivial colour structure. The technique we develop aims at
improving the accuracy of the theoretical description of multi-jet ensembles,
in particular in hadron-hadron collisions.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Low-Mass Diffraction at the LHC
The expected resonance structure for the low-mass single diffractive states
from a Regge-dual model elaborated paper by the present authors in a previous
is predicted. Estimates for the observable low-mass single diffraction
dissociation (SDD) cross sections and efficiencies for single diffractive
events simulated by PYTHIA 6.2 as a function of the diffractive mass are given.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures. Minor changes. To be published in the Modern
Physics Letters
High Resolution Hybrid Pixel Sensors for the e+e- TESLA Linear Collider Vertex Tracker
In order to fully exploit the physics potential of a future high energy e+e-
linear collider, a Vertex Tracker, providing high resolution track
reconstruction, is required. Hybrid Silicon pixel sensors are an attractive
option, for the sensor technology, due to their read-out speed and radiation
hardness, favoured in the high rate environment of the TESLA e+e- linear
collider design but have been so far limited by the achievable single point
space resolution. In this paper, a conceptual design of the TESLA Vertex
Tracker, based on a novel layout of hybrid pixel sensors with interleaved cells
to improve their spatial resolution, is presented.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Vertex99
Workshop, Texel (The Netherlands), June 199
Forward Physics with Rapidity Gaps at the LHC
A rapidity gap program with great potential can be realized at the Large
Hadron Collider, LHC, by adding a few simple forward shower counters (FSCs)
along the beam line on both sides of the main central detectors, such as CMS.
Measurements of single diffractive cross sections down to the lowest masses can
be made with an efficient level-1 trigger. Exceptionally, the detectors also
make feasible the study of Central Diffractive Excitation, and in particular
the reaction g + g to g + g, in the color singlet channel, effectively using
the LHC as a gluon-gluon collider.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figure
Diffraction and Total Cross-Section at the Tevatron and the LHC
At the Tevatron, the total p_bar-p cross-section has been measured by CDF at 546 GeV and 1.8 TeV, and by E710/E811 at 1.8 TeV. The two results at 1.8 TeV disagree by 2.6 standard deviations, introducing big uncertainties into extrapolations to higher energies. At the LHC, the TOTEM collaboration is preparing to resolve the ambiguity by measuring the total p-p cross-section with a precision of about 1 %. Like at the Tevatron experiments, the luminosity-independent method based on the Optical Theorem will be used. The Tevatron experiments have also performed a vast range of studies about soft and hard diffractive events, partly with antiproton tagging by Roman Pots, partly with rapidity gap tagging. At the LHC, the combined CMS/TOTEM experiments will carry out their diffractive programme with an unprecedented rapidity coverage and Roman Pot spectrometers on both sides of the interaction point. The physics menu comprises detailed studies of soft diffractive differential cross-sections, diffractive structure functions, rapidity gap survival and exclusive central production by Double Pomeron Exchange.Peer reviewe
Proton-proton elastic scattering at the LHC energy of {\surd} = 7 TeV
Proton-proton elastic scattering has been measured by the TOTEM experiment at
the CERN Large Hadron Collider at {\surd}s = 7 TeV in dedicated runs with the
Roman Pot detectors placed as close as seven times the transverse beam size
(sbeam) from the outgoing beams. After careful study of the accelerator optics
and the detector alignment, |t|, the square of four-momentum transferred in the
elastic scattering process, has been determined with an uncertainty of d t =
0.1GeV p|t|. In this letter, first results of the differential cross section
are presented covering a |t|-range from 0.36 to 2.5GeV2. The differential
cross-section in the range 0.36 < |t| < 0.47 GeV2 is described by an
exponential with a slope parameter B = (23.6{\pm}0.5stat {\pm}0.4syst)GeV-2,
followed by a significant diffractive minimum at |t| =
(0.53{\pm}0.01stat{\pm}0.01syst)GeV2. For |t|-values larger than ~ 1.5GeV2, the
cross-section exhibits a power law behaviour with an exponent of -7.8_\pm}
0.3stat{\pm}0.1syst. When compared to predictions based on the different
available models, the data show a strong discriminative power despite the small
t-range covered.Comment: 12pages, 5 figures, CERN preprin
First Results from the TOTEM Experiment
The first physics results from the TOTEM experiment are here reported,
concerning the measurements of the total, differential elastic, elastic and
inelastic pp cross-section at the LHC energy of = 7 TeV, obtained
using the luminosity measurement from CMS. A preliminary measurement of the
forward charged particle distribution is also shown.Comment: Conference Proceeding. MPI@LHC 2010: 2nd International Workshop on
Multiple Partonic Interactions at the LHC. Glasgow (UK), 29th of November to
the 3rd of December 201
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