Rapidity gap cross sections measured with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV
Pseudorapidity gap distributions in proton-proton collisions at {radical}s = 7 {approx} TeV are studied using a minimum bias data sample with an integrated luminosity of 7.1 {micro}b{sup -1}. Cross sections are measured differentially in terms of {Delta}{eta}{sup F}, the larger of the pseudorapidity regions extending to the limits of the ATLAS sensitivity, at {eta} = {+-}4.9, in which no final state particles are produced above a transverse momentum threshold p{sub T}{sup cut}. The measurements span the region 0 < {Delta}{eta}{sup F} < 8 for 200 {approx} MeV < p{sub T}{sup cut} < 800 {approx} MeV. At small {Delta}{eta}{sup F}, the data test the reliability of hadronization 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 {yields} Xp), enhanced by double dissociation (pp {yields} XY) where the invariant mass of the lighter of the two dissociation systems satisfies M{sub Y} {approx}< 7 GeV. The resulting cross section is d{sigma}/d{Delta}{eta}{sup F} {approx}1 mb for {Delta}{eta}{sup F} {approx}>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.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1043425
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-98097-2012-JA; KA1101021; TRN: US1203155
- Journal Information:
- The European Physical Journal, C, Vol. 72, Issue 3; ISSN 1434-6044
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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