TY  - JOUR
AU  - ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al
AU  - Amos, K. R.
AU  - Aparisi Pozo, J. A.
AU  - Bailey, A. J.
AU  - Bouchhar, N.
AU  - Cabrera Urban, S.
AU  - Cantero, J.
AU  - Cardillo, F.
AU  - Castillo Gimenez, V.
AU  - Chitishvili, M.
AU  - Costa, M. J.
AU  - Didenko
AU  - Escobar, C.
AU  - Fiorini, L.
AU  - Fullana Torregrosa, E.
AU  - Fuster, J.
AU  - Garcia, C.
AU  - Garcia Navarro, J. E.
AU  - Gomez Delegido, A. J.
AU  - Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.
AU  - Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G. R.
AU  - Guerrero Rojas, J. G. R.
AU  - Higon-Rodriguez, E.
AU  - Lacasta, C.
AU  - Lozano Bahilo, J. J.
AU  - Marti-Garcia, S.
AU  - Martinez Agullo, P.
AU  - Miralles Lopez, M.
AU  - Mitsou, V. A.
AU  - Monsonis Romero, L.
AU  - Moreno Llacer, M.
AU  - Munoz Perez, D.
AU  - Navarro-Gonzalez, J.
AU  - Poveda, J.
AU  - Prades Ibañez, A.
AU  - Rubio Jimenez, A.
AU  - Ruiz-Martinez, A.
AU  - Sabatini, P.
AU  - Salt, J.
AU  - Sanchez Sebastian, V.
AU  - Sayago Galvan, I.
AU  - Senthilkumar, V.
AU  - Soldevila, U.
AU  - Sanchez, J.
AU  - Torro Pastor, E.
AU  - Valero, A.
AU  - Valls Ferrer, J. A.
AU  - Varriale, L.
AU  - Villaplana Perez, M.
AU  - Vos, M.
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023//
TI  - Measurement of exclusive pion pair production in proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
T2  - Eur. Phys. J. C
JO  - European Physical Journal C
SP  - 627 - 28pp
VL  - 83
IS  - 7
PB  - Springer
AB  - The exclusive production of pion pairs in the process pp -> pp pi(+)pi(-) has been measured at root s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, using 80 μb(-1) of low-luminosity data. The pion pairs were detected in the ATLAS central detector while outgoing protons were measured in the forwardATLASALFAdetector system. This represents the first use of proton tagging to measure an exclusive hadronic final state at the LHC. Across-sectionmeasurement is performed in two kinematic regions defined by the proton momenta, the pion rapidities and transverse momenta, and the pion-pion invariant mass. Cross-section values of 4.8 +/- 1.0 (stat)(-0.2) (+0.3)(syst) μb and 9 +/- 6 (stat)(-2)(+2) (syst) μb are obtained in the two regions; they are compared with theoretical models and provide a demonstration of the feasibility of measurements of this type.
SN  - 1434-6044
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00664
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11700-x
DO  - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11700-x
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:001062444500002
ID  - ATLASCollaborationAad_etal2023
ER  -