%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison between simulated and observed LHC beam backgrounds in the ATLAS experiment at E-beam=4 TeV
%A ATLAS Collaboration (Aaboud, M. et al
%A Alvarez Piqueras, D.
%A Bailey, A. J.
%A Barranco Navarro, L.
%A Cabrera Urban, S.
%A Castillo Gimenez, V.
%A Cerda Alberich, L.
%A Costa, M. J.
%A Escobar, C.
%A Estrada Pastor, O.
%A Ferrer, A.
%A Fiorini, L.
%A Fuster, J.
%A Garcia, C.
%A Garcia Navarro, J. E.
%A Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.
%A Higon-Rodriguez, E.
%A Jimenez Pena, J.
%A Lacasta, C.
%A Lozano Bahilo, J. J.
%A Madaffari, D.
%A Mamuzic, J.
%A Marti-Garcia, S.
%A Melini, D.
%A Mitsou, V. A.
%A Pedraza Lopez, S.
%A Rodriguez Bosca, S.
%A Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.
%A Salt, J.
%A Soldevila, U.
%A Sanchez, J.
%A Valero, A.
%A Valls Ferrer, J. A.
%A Vos, M.
%J Journal of Instrumentation
%D 2018
%V 13
%I Iop Publishing Ltd
%@ 1748-0221
%G English
%F ATLASCollaborationAaboud_etal2018
%O WOS:000452068100002
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=3826), last updated on Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:56:10 +0000
%X Results of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations of beam-induced background (BIB) in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are presented and compared with data recorded in 2012. During normal physics operation this background arises mainly from scattering of the 4 TeV protons on residual gas in the beam pipe. Methods of reconstructing the BIB signals in the ATLAS detector, developed and implemented in the simulation chain based on the FLUKA Monte Carlo simulation package, are described. The interaction rates are determined from the residual gas pressure distribution in the LHC ring in order to set an absolute scale on the predicted rates of BIB so that they can be compared quantitatively with data. Through these comparisons the origins of the BIB leading to different observables in the ATLAS detectors are analysed. The level of agreement between simulation results and BIB measurements by ATLAS in 2012 demonstrates that a good understanding of the origin of BIB has been reached.
%K Accelerator modelling and simulations (multi-particle dynamics
%K single-particle dynamics)
%K Radiation calculations
%K Simulation methods and programs
%R 10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.04450
%U https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006
%P P12006 - 41pp