Diffraction 2016

Session

Diffraction in hadron-hadron collisions - experiment (I)

4 Sept 2016, 18:30

Santa Tecla Palace Hotel, Acireale (Catania, Sicily)

Conveners

Diffraction in hadron-hadron collisions - experiment (I)

• Risto Orava (Helsinki Inst. of Physics and Univ. of Helsinki, CERN)

128. Diffraction measurements using LHC Beam Loss Monitoring system

Matti Kalliokoski (CERN)

04/09/2016, 18:30

Diffraction in hadron-hadron collisions (experiment)

The beam losses in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are monitored with an array of detectors spread around the ring. The main function of the Beam Loss Monitoring (BLM) system is to protect the machine elements from beam losses that could cause damage to them. We will present the BLM system and discuss its capabilities and limitations in diffractive event detection, main focus being in the CEP...

167. Observables of QCD diffraction

Mikael Mieskolainen (Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki)

04/09/2016, 18:50

Diffraction in hadron-hadron collisions (experiment)

We will discuss measurability of soft QCD processes, especially high energy pp-diffraction. Future progress on this subject depends heavily on more precise definitions of physical observables, both experiment and theory wise.

159. Exclusive diffractive resonance production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

Rainer Schicker (Phys. Inst., University Heidelberg)

04/09/2016, 19:10

Diffraction in hadron-hadron collisions (experiment)

A model for exclusive diffractive resonance production in proton-proton collisions at the LHC is presented. Cross sections are calculated by folding the Pomeron-Pomeron total cross section (*) with the Donnachie-Landshoff parameterisation of the Pomeron flux in the proton(**). The single differential cross section dsigma/dM as well as the double differential cross section dsigma/dMdp_T...