Measurement of differential cross sections for single diffractive dissociation in √s = 8 TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS ALFA spectrometer

A dedicated sample of Large Hadron Collider proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energy s = 8 TeV is used to study inclusive single diffractive dissociation, pp → X p. The intact final-state proton is reconstructed in the ATLAS ALFA forward spectrometer, while charged particles from the di...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: ATLAS Collaboration, Álvarez Piqueras, D., Aparisi Pozo, J.A., Bailey, A.J., Cabrera, Susana, Castillo, F.L., Castillo Gimenez, M. V., Cerda Alberich, L., Costa, María José, Escobar, Carlos, Estrada, Oscar, Ferrer, Antonio, Fiorini, L., Fullana, Esteban, Fuster, Juan, García García, Carmen, García Navarro, José Enrique, González de la Hoz, Santiago, Gonzalvo Rodríguez, Galo Rafael, Guerrero Rojas, J.G.R., Higón, Emilio, Lacasta Llácer, Carlos, Lozano Bahilo, José J., Madaffari, Daniele, Mamuzic, Judita, Martí García, Salvador, Melini, Davide, Miñano Moya, M., Mitsou, Vasiliki A., Rodriguez Bosca, S., Rodriguez Rodriguez, D., Ruiz Martínez, Arantxa, Salt, José, Santra, A., Soldevila, Urmila, Sánchez Martínez, Javier, Valero, Alberto, Valls Ferrer, Juan Antonio, Vos, Marcel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/232860
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/232860
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ddc:530
ddc:500.2
Descripción
Sumario:A dedicated sample of Large Hadron Collider proton-proton collision data at centre-of-mass energy s = 8 TeV is used to study inclusive single diffractive dissociation, pp → X p. The intact final-state proton is reconstructed in the ATLAS ALFA forward spectrometer, while charged particles from the dissociated system X are measured in the central detector components. The fiducial range of the measurement is −4.0 < logξ < −1.6 and 0.016 < |t| < 0.43 GeV, where ξ is the proton fractional energy loss and t is the squared four-momentum transfer. The total cross section integrated across the fiducial range is 1.59 ± 0.13 mb. Cross sections are also measured differentially as functions of ξ, t, and ∆η, a variable that characterises the rapidity gap separating the proton and the system X. The data are consistent with an exponential t dependence, dσ/dt ∝ e with slope parameter B = 7.65 ± 0.34 GeV. Interpreted in the framework of triple Regge phenomenology, the ξ dependence leads to a pomeron intercept of α(0) = 1.07 ± 0.09. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]