CMS-PAS-FSQ-13-006 | ||
Measurement of the inelastic pPb cross section at 5.02 TeV | ||
CMS Collaboration | ||
2013 | ||
Abstract: A measurement of the inelastic proton-lead (pPb) cross section at anucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of .02\,TeVispresentedusingtheCMSdetectorattheLHC.Inelasticcollisionsaretaggedusingtheforwardcalorimetersatpseudorapidities<|η|<5. Two different event selections are used: (i) a coincidence of both sides of the detector, and (ii) a single-sided event selection. These two selections have different sensitivity to contributions from photon induced (γp) collisions and hadronic diffractive interactions. The value of the hadronic inelastic cross section is measured within the CMS acceptance and extrapolated to its total value. The photon-induced contribution is subtracted. The final result is σinel=2.06±0.08b. The uncertainty is dominated by the luminosity determination. This measurement of the inelastic cross section is consistent with the expectation from the Glauber approach. | ||
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These preliminary results are superseded in this paper, PLB 759 (2016) 641. The superseded preliminary plots can be found here. |
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Compact Muon Solenoid LHC, CERN |
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