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View article: Standard Model soft QCD at ATLAS and CMS
Standard Model soft QCD at ATLAS and CMS Open
Recent results in soft QCD at LHC by the ATLAS, CMS and TOTEM Collaborations are presented. Special focus is reserved to studies in diffractive and forward physics, and to the underlying event, with comparison with previous results and hig…
View article: The new LUCID-2 detector for luminosity measurement and monitoring in ATLAS
The new LUCID-2 detector for luminosity measurement and monitoring in ATLAS Open
The ATLAS luminosity monitor, LUCID (LUminosity Cherenkov Integrating Detector), had to be upgraded for the second run of the LHC accelerator that started in spring 2015. The increased energy of the proton beams and the higher luminosity r…
View article: Precision Measurements of Induced Radioactivity and Absolute Luminosity Determination With TPX Detectors in LHC Proton–Proton Collisions at 13 TeV
Precision Measurements of Induced Radioactivity and Absolute Luminosity Determination With TPX Detectors in LHC Proton–Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Open
A network of Timepix (TPX) devices installed in the ATLAS cavern measures the LHC luminosity as a standalone system. The data were recorded from 13 TeV proton-proton collisions in 2016. Using two TPX devices, the number of hits created by …
View article: Determination of Luminosity With Thermal Neutron Counting Using TPX Detectors in the ATLAS Cavern in LHC Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV
Determination of Luminosity With Thermal Neutron Counting Using TPX Detectors in the ATLAS Cavern in LHC Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Open
A network of Timepix (TPX) devices installed in the ATLAS cavern has the unique capability of measuring the luminosity with thermal neutron counting in Large Hadron Collider proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. Compared with the hit-countin…
View article: The AFP Detector Control System
The AFP Detector Control System Open
The ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) detector is one of the forward detectors of the ATLAS experiment at CERN aiming at measuring momenta and angles of diffractively scattered protons. Silicon Tracking and Time-of-Flight detectors are located in…
View article: Detector Control System for the AFP detector in ATLAS experiment at CERN
Detector Control System for the AFP detector in ATLAS experiment at CERN Open
The ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) detector consists of two forward detectors located at 205 m and 217 m on either side of the ATLAS experiment. The aim is to measure the momenta and angles of diffractively scattered protons. In 2016, two dete…
View article: Luminosity from thermal neutron counting with MPX detectors and relation to ATLAS reference luminosity at √<i>s</i>= 8 TeV proton-proton collisions
Luminosity from thermal neutron counting with MPX detectors and relation to ATLAS reference luminosity at √<i>s</i>= 8 TeV proton-proton collisions Open
A luminosity determination based on thermal neutron counting with six MPX silicon pixel devices installed in the ATLAS cavern is presented. Recently, the ATLAS Collaboration published final √s=8 TeV luminosity results. This made possible t…
View article: Precision Luminosity of LHC Proton–Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Using Hit Counting With TPX Pixel Devices
Precision Luminosity of LHC Proton–Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Using Hit Counting With TPX Pixel Devices Open
A network of Timepix (TPX) devices installed in the ATLAS cavern measures the LHC luminosity as a function of time as a stand-alone system. The data were recorded from 13-TeV proton-proton collisions in 2015. Using two TPX devices, the num…
View article: Precision Luminosity of LHC Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Using Hit-Counting with TPX Pixel Devices
Precision Luminosity of LHC Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV Using Hit-Counting with TPX Pixel Devices Open
A network of Timepix (TPX) devices installed in the ATLAS cavern measures the LHC luminosity as a function of time as a stand-alone system. The data were recorded from 13 TeV proton-proton collisions in 2015. Using two TPX devices, the num…
View article: Beam tests of an integrated prototype of the ATLAS Forward Proton detector
Beam tests of an integrated prototype of the ATLAS Forward Proton detector Open
The ATLAS Forward Proton (AFP) detector is intended to measure protons scattered at small angles from the ATLAS interaction point. To this end, a combination of 3D Silicon pixel tracking modules and Quartz-Cherenkov time-of-flight (ToF) de…
View article: MPX Detectors as LHC Luminosity Monitor
MPX Detectors as LHC Luminosity Monitor Open
A network of 16 Medipix-2 (MPX) silicon pixel devices was installed in the\nATLAS detector cavern at CERN. It was designed to measure the composition and\nspectral characteristics of the radiation field in the ATLAS experiment and its\nsur…