TY  - JOUR
AU  - ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al
AU  - Amoros, G.
AU  - Cabrera Urban, S.
AU  - Castillo Gimenez, V.
AU  - Costa, M. J.
AU  - Escobar, C.
AU  - Ferrer, A.
AU  - Fuster, J.
AU  - Garcia, C.
AU  - Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.
AU  - Hernandez Jimenez, Y.
AU  - Higon-Rodriguez, E.
AU  - Irles Quiles, A.
AU  - Kaci, M.
AU  - Lacasta, C.
AU  - Lacuesta, V. R.
AU  - Marti-Garcia, S.
AU  - Miñano, M.
AU  - Mitsou, V. A.
AU  - Moles-Valls, R.
AU  - Moreno Llacer, M.
AU  - Oliver Garcia, E.
AU  - Perez Garcia-Estañ, M. T.
AU  - Ros, E.
AU  - Salt, J.
AU  - Solans, C. A.
AU  - Soldevila, U.
AU  - Sanchez, J.
AU  - Torro Pastor, E.
AU  - Valladolid Gallego, E.
AU  - Valls Ferrer, J. A.
AU  - Villaplana Perez, M.
AU  - Vos, M.
AU  - Wildauer, A.
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011//
TI  - Measurement of the inelastic proton-proton cross-section at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
T2  - Nat. Commun.
JO  - Nature Communications
SP  - 463 - 14pp
VL  - 2
PB  - Nature Publishing Group
AB  - The dependence of the rate of proton-proton interactions on the centre-of-mass collision energy, root s, is of fundamental importance for both hadron collider physics and particle astrophysics. The dependence cannot yet be calculated from first principles; therefore, experimental measurements are needed. Here we present the first measurement of the inelastic proton-proton interaction cross-section at a centre-of-mass energy, root s, of 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected by requiring hits on scintillation counters mounted in the forward region of the detector. An inelastic crosssection of 60.3 +/- 2.1 mb is measured for xi > 5x10(-6), where xi is calculated from the invariant mass, M(X), of hadrons selected using the largest rapidity gap in the event. For diffractive events, this corresponds to requiring at least one of the dissociation masses to be larger than 15.7 GeV.
SN  - 2041-1723
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1104.0326
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1472
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms1472
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000294807200005
ID  - ATLASCollaborationAad_etal2011
ER  -