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1 Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation at the LHC Marco Bozzo INFN Genova e Universita di Genova (Italy) [for the TOTEM collaboration] Marco Bozzo 1

2 Outlook The TOTEM experiment LHC special runs and TOTEM data pp elastic scattering differential cross-section Large t ( GeV 2 ) Small t ( GeV 2 ) Total, elastic, and inelastic cross-sections Perspectives on diffractive physics & cross-sections Marco Bozzo 2

3 TOTEM EXPERIMENT Marco Bozzo 3

4 TOTEM Physics Overview Total cross-section Elastic Scattering b Forward physics L L tot 2 tot elastic dn dt N N t0 inelastic Optical Theorem tot ( dn N el / dt) N t0 inel Diffraction: soft and hard b jet jet Marco Bozzo 4

$5 IP5 HF (CMS) ~ 10 m ~ 14 m T1 CASTOR (CMS) T2 Roman Pots: measure elastic & diffractive protons close to outgoing beam IP5 RP147 RP220 Marco$

5 Experimental IP5 Inelastic telescopes: charged particle & vertex reconstruction in inelastic events T1: 3.1 < < 4.7 T2: 5.3 < < 6.5 IP5 HF (CMS) ~ 10 m ~ 14 m T1 CASTOR (CMS) T2 Roman Pots: measure elastic & diffractive protons close to outgoing beam IP5 RP147 RP220 Marco Bozzo 5

6 T2 T1 RP 147 Detectors T1 and T2 detectors are installed and fully operational 220 m Roman Pot Silicon detectors are fully operational 147 m Roman Pot detectors are installed and tested Marco Bozzo 6

7 Anode wires and both cathode strips T2 Telescopio 10

7 TOTEM nella regione forward di CMS T1 Telescope 5 CSC planes Anode wires and both cathode strips T2 Telescopio 10 GEM planes Strips and pads Roman Pots 10 Si planes u and v strips ~9.5 ~11 Marco Bozzo 200 m away! 7

The Roman Pots Beam Position Monitor (BPM) fixed to the RP

Vertical Pots BPM unit: 2 vertical pots / 1 horizontal & 1 BPM

planes 512 strips at 45 Pitch: 66 m Resolution: ~ 20 m Marco Bozzo

8 The Roman Pots Beam Position Monitor (BPM) fixed to the RP structure gives precise beam position RP unit Horizontal Pot Vertical Pots BPM unit: 2 vertical pots / 1 horizontal & 1 BPM station: 2 unit, at 4 m distance Detectors in 1 Pot 10 Si detector planes 512 strips at 45 Pitch: 66 m Resolution: ~ 20 m Marco Bozzo Special development: Detectors are efficient already 50 m from mechanical edge 8

9 Marco Bozzo 9

10 pp ELASTIC SCATTERING and TOTAL CROSS-SECTION t-range: GeV GeV 2 Marco Bozzo 10

11 Determination of d/dt at t=0 Coulomb scattering Coulomb- Nuclear interference Nuclear scattering d dt 4 2 c 2 G 4 t t 2 tot G 2 t t tot c 2 e B' t e B t / 2 a = fine structure constant = relative Coulomb-nuclear phase G(t) = nucleon em form factor = (1 + t /0.71) -2 = Re/Im f(pp) Measure the exponential slope B in the t-range GeV 2 Requires beams with tiny angular spread (or large b* ) A special optics has to be implemented in the LHC Marco Bozzo 11

12 Special Optics with large b* and low e A precise measurement of scattering angles down to a few rad requires a very large b* beam angular spread: *) = e / b* = 0.3 rad beam size at the IP: * = e b* = 0.4 mm (large) b* = 1540 m Large beam size requires parallel-to-point focussing Independence of measurement position from vertex Min detector distance from the beam determines minimum t. => Si-detector as close as possible to the beam (! detectors (NEEDS edgeless

13 Proton reconstruction Both scattering angle projections reconstructed: Θ x * and Θ y * Θ x * from Θ RP220 (through dl x /ds) Θ x = dl x /ds Θ x * Θ y * from RP220 (through L y ) y = L y Θ y * Excellent beam optics understanding Magnet currents measured Measurements of actual beam optics parameters with elastic scattering Θ left * = Θ right * (proton pair colinearity) Proton position angle correlations L x =0 determination, coupling corrections Fine geometric alignment Alignment between pots with overlapping tracks (~1μm) Alignment with respect to the beam scraping exercise (~20μm) Mechanical constraints between top and bottom pots (~10μm) b* =3.5 m Track based alignment Marco Bozzo 13

14 Proton reconstruction Both scattering angle projections reconstructed: Θ x * and Θ y * Θ x * from Θ RP220 (through dl x /ds) Θ x = dl x /ds Θ x * Θ y * from RP220 (through L y ) y = L y Θ y * Excellent beam optics understanding Magnet currents measured Measurements of actual beam optics parameters with elastic scattering Θ left * = Θ right * (proton pair colinearity) Proton position angle correlations L x =0 determination, coupling corrections Fine geometric alignment Alignment between pots with overlapping tracks (~1μm) Alignment with respect to the beam scraping exercise ( Lx=0 measured by TOTEM Mechanical constraints between top and bottom pots (~1 L y L x Track based alignment Marco Bozzo 14

15 2010: first Runs with RPs at 25 (1.5nb -1 ) First p-p Elastic Scattering Event Candidate [LPCC July 2010] sector 56 sector 45 u coordinate v coordinate s = 7 TeV b* = 3.5 m Marco Bozzo 15

16 Proton tracks in one diagonal (left-right coincidences) Sector 56 t = -p 2 2 x Dp/p Sector 45 y = L y Q y x = L x Q x + x D L x ~ 0 Marco Bozzo 16

17 Elastic colinearity cuts Co-linearity in y, x ~ 0 Co-linearity in x, Data outside the 3σ cuts used for background estimation Marco Bozzo 17

18 Acceptance (1) y-acceptance corrections Near edge efficiency transition 60 μm (removed) t <0.36GeV 2 removed Missing acceptance in θ y * Marco Bozzo 18

Acceptance (2) -acceptance corrections Accepted (t) Diagonal 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Θ * Total -acceptance correction No. t [GeV 2 ] Θ * [rad] Accepted (2 diag.) [ ] accept. correct. factor 1 0.33 1.65E-04 38.

19 Acceptance (2) -acceptance corrections Accepted (t) Diagonal Θ * Total -acceptance correction No. t [GeV 2 ] Θ * [rad] Accepted (2 diag.) [ ] accept. correct. factor E E E E E E Accepted (t) Diagonal 2 Correction critical at low t Marco Bozzo 19

20 Background determination signal background combined B/S = (8.2±1)% σ * =17.8 rad (beam divergence) Data Combined background (t) Dθ x /sqrt(2) Signal to background normalisation σ * t-reconstruction resolution: ( t) t (also as a function of Dθ y ) * 2 p t : GeV : 14% 2 1 GeV : 8.8% t =0.4GeV 2 : B/S = (11±2)% t =0.5GeV 2 : B/S = (19±3)% -t [GeV 2 ] Signal vs. background (t) t =1.5GeV 2 : B/S = (0.8±0.3)% 2 3 GeV : 5.1% Marco Bozzo 20

21 Method 3T/4: Efficiency (1) full elastic analysis with 3 track segments instead of 4 3 pots out of 4 used to determine efficiency of missing pot 4 pot-diagonal efficiency computed via consequent combinations Efficiency correction t-independent = % + 2.9% + 4.3% + 4.7% + (5.9% + 2.9%) (4.3% + 4.7%) = 17.8% % = 18.6% Huge data reduction factor before analysis sample? Checked : Correlated inefficiencies pots for 2T/4 Goal : Understand the data reduction step-by-step Criteria: select pp candidates (elastic, 2*SD, DPE) reject MB,background,... Determine inefficiency in detection of pp Events scan MiniDST (pots empty, shower, hits) Multi-track algorithm Theoretical rates vs observed Trigger vs detector acceptance Mini-bunch data reduction Events topology and rates >>> triggers: ~90% on background (showers) ; ~5% cut by RP acceptance ; ~5% pp pairs Marco Bozzo 21

22 Optics 56 dlx/ds Ly [m] ROT [mrad] RP RP D RP % +0.78% D RP % +0.81% 45 dlx/ds Ly [m] ROT [mrad] RP RP D RP % % D RP % % All constraints Strong correlations of fitted parameters Principle Component Analysis (PCA) should ideally be applied. Results checked with MAD-X. 2 /NDF = 25.8/(36-26)=2.6 (lower if correlations elmininated) Mean pull = Pull RMS = 0.86 Full nonlinear fitting with harmonics and displacements Marco Bozzo Fitted parameters

23 TOTEM elastic : 2 Experiments top 45 bot 56 ; bot45 top 56 2 diagonals: 2 different experiments, and NOT 2 independent experiments Marco Bozzo 23

24 TOTEM: large-t Result EPL, 95 (2011) Marco Bozzo 24

25 Large b run small-t ELASTIC SCATTERING TOTAL CROSS-SECTIONS Marco Bozzo 25

26 June 2011 b* = 90 m optics Un-squeeze from injection optics b* from 11m to 90m [Helmut Burkhardt, Andre Verdier] Very robust optics with high precision (doesn t depend strongly on machine elements parameters) Two bunches: 1 and 2 x protons / bunch Instantaneous luminosity: 8 x cm -2 s -1 Integrated luminosity: 1.7 b -1 Estimated pile-up: ~ 0.5 % Vertical Roman Pots at 10 from beam center Trigger rate : ~ 50 Hz Recorded events in vertical Roman Pots: Marco Bozzo 26

27 Proton tracks in one diagonal (left-right coincidences) t = -p 2 2 Sector 56 x Dp/p y = L y Q y Sector 45 x = L x Q x + x D L x ~ 0 L y ~ 260 m L x ~ 0-3 m Inel. pile-up ~ ev/bx Marco Bozzo 27

28 Colinearity Colinearity plots events with tracks in both arms Marco Bozzo 28

29 Angular difference between the two outgoing protons [Q y * (proton1) - Q y * (proton2)] / 2 beam divergence Q* s Q * = e n gb * = 2.4mrad / 2 Marco Bozzo 29

30 Optics, t-scale and acceptance Perturbations: optics very robust (L y ~ s RP ), better than: dθ x* /Θ x* =1.3% syst dθ y* /Θ y* =0.4% syst Non-linearities in Θ x* (y) reconstruction due to dlx / ds measured and corrected for: (checked via Lx) t systematics: dt / t = 0.8% (at low t ) up to 2.6% (at large t ) Acceptance cut correction at low t is a factor < 3 ( symmetry ) Marco Bozzo 30

31 Efficiency Detector + Tracking Method: 3 pots out of 4 Accept. + eff. cor. Near bottom 56: 1.3% Far top 45: 3.3% Diag. top56 bot45 : ( )( ) = 8.9% Diag. bot56 top 45 : ( )( )= 8.7% Uncorrelated 2 pots out of 4 taken into account No far-far or near-near correlations observed Detector and tracking efficiency > 91% Marco Bozzo 31

32 Elastic d/dt and el small t and large t data (published in EPL95(2011)41001 ) superimpose. B=20.1 GeV -2 Extrapolation to t=0 dσ/dt t=0 = mb/gev 2 Elastic cross section σ EL 24.8 mb (extrap) (measured) 8.3 mb 16.5 mb Red zone delimits the uncertainty region from the large t measurement t min =2x10-2 GeV 2 Marco Bozzo 32

33 Cross-Section Formulae Optical Theorem: Need luminosity from CMS: from COMPETE fit: 2 TOT d dt EL 16 c L 0.14 dn dt EL d dt EL t0 TOT 19.20mb GeV 2 d dt EL t0 TOT EL INEL Marco Bozzo 33

34 TOTEM: pp Total Cross-Section Elastic exponential slope: B t=0 = (20.1± 0.2 (stat) ± 0.3 (syst) ) GeV -2 Elastic diff. cross-section at optical point: ds el dt t=0 = (503.7±1.5 (stat) ± 26.7 (syst) )mb / GeV 2 Optical Theorem, Total Cross-Section ( ) mb s = 98.3± 0.2 (stat) ± 2.7 (syst) é +0.8 (syst from r ) ù T ë -0.2û Marco Bozzo 34

35 TOTEM: pp Inelastic Cross-Section σ el ( (syst from r ) ) mb (stat) (syst) mb s T = 98.3± 0.2 (stat) ± 2.7 (syst) é +0.8 ù ë -0.2û Inelastic Cross-Section inel tot el (stat) [ (syst) mb inel (CMS) = ( (syst) 2.4 (lumi) 4.0 (extrap) ) mb inel (ATLAS) = ( (exp) 6.9 (extrap) ) mb inel (ALICE) = ( (mod) 5.1 (lumi) ) mb Marco Bozzo 35

36 Compilation of tot and el Marco Bozzo 36

37 Energy dependence of the exponential slope B Marco Bozzo 37

38 The proton structure increasing energy blacker radius increases edge area increases Total cross-section proton profile HERA LHC Marco Bozzo 38

$5 GeV 2 Diffractive minimum: analogous to Fraunhofer diffraction: t ~p 2 q 2 exponential slope B at low t increases minimum moves to lower t with increasing s interaction region grows (as also seen$

39 pp Elastic Scattering - ISR to Tevatron ISR ~ 1.7 GeV 2 ~ 0.7 GeV 2 ~0.5 GeV 2 Diffractive minimum: analogous to Fraunhofer diffraction: t ~p 2 q 2 exponential slope B at low t increases minimum moves to lower t with increasing s interaction region grows (as also seen from tot ) depth of minimum changes shape of proton profile changes depth of minimum differs between pp, pˉp different mix of processes Marco Bozzo 39

40 Models and TOTEM, a Comparison s = 7 TeV Marco Bozzo 40

41 Comparison with models B (t=-0.4 GeV 2 ) t DIP t -x [1.5 2 GeV 2 ] Block Bourrely Islam Jenkovsky Petrov TOTEM 23.6 ± ± ± 0.3 Marco Bozzo 41

42 PERSPECTIVES ON DIFFRACTIVE PHYSICS & CROSS-SECTIONS Marco Bozzo 42

$pp Interactions Non-diffractive Diffractive Colour exchange dn / d D = exp (-D)$ $remaining colourless GOAL: understand the QCD nature of the diffractive exchange$

43 pp Interactions Non-diffractive Diffractive Colour exchange dn / d D = exp (-D) Colourless exchange with vacuum quantum numbers dn / d D = const Incident hadrons acquire colour and break apart Incident hadrons retain their quantum numbers remaining colourless GOAL: understand the QCD nature of the diffractive exchange Marco Bozzo 43

44 Diffractive forward RPs Dispersion shifts diffractive protons in the horizontal direction Low b * : m b * = 90 m For low-b* optics L x, L y are low v x, v y are not critical because of small IP beam size L x =0, L y is large beam = 212 µm v x, v y important (deterioration of rec. resolution) Marco Bozzo 44

$All the drawings show soft interactions. Inelastic and Diffractive Processes ( = -ln tg /2) In case of hard interactions there should be jets, which fall in the same rapidity intervals.$

45 All the drawings show soft interactions. Inelastic and Diffractive Processes ( = -ln tg /2) In case of hard interactions there should be jets, which fall in the same rapidity intervals. ~60 mb Elastic Scattering Single Diffraction Double Diffraction Double Pomeron Exchange M M ~25 mb ~10 mb ~5 mb ~1 mb Measure (M,x,t) A hard scale + hadrons which remain intact in the scattering process. Diffractive scattering is a unique laboratory of confinement & QCD: << 1 mb Marco Bozzo 45

46 Single diffraction low x Correlation between leading proton and forward detector T2 SD Rapidity Gap D = -ln x M X 2 = x s sector 45 IP sector 56 RP T2 T2 RP Low x x<0.15% Marco Bozzo 46

47 Single diffraction large x correlation between leading proton and forward detector T2 SD Rapidity Gap D = -ln x M X 2 = x s sector 45 IP sector 56 RP T2 T2 RP Large x x>6.5% Marco Bozzo 47

48 Double Pomeron Exchange (DPE) DPE Rapidity Gap D -ln x 1 M PP 2 = x 1 x 2 s -ln x 2 ln tan /2 USE the LHC as a Pomeron-Pomeron (Gluon - Gluon) Collider Marco Bozzo 48

49 Double Pomeron Exchange correlation between leading proton and forward detector T2 sector 45 IP sector 56 RP T2 T2 RP low ξ high ξ x<1.5% x>1.5% Marco Bozzo 49

50 Example of DPE Mass Reconstruction x 1 < 1.5%; x 2 > 5.0% Conditions: Low-b Vertical RP Horizontal RP T2 Mass [GeV] Marco Bozzo 50

51 Preliminary b * = 90m Oct 11: Elastic + DPE RP 45 AND RP56 b * 90m 4.8 ~no pile-up Marco Bozzo 51

52 b * = 90m Oct 11: Elastic + DPE Angular correlations Preliminary Marco Bozzo 52

53 b * = 90m Oct 11: Elastic + DPE Resolution Preliminary Marco Bozzo 53

54 Data Oct 11: Elastic Differential Cross-Section Preliminary Extends low-t limit Raw data distribution (to be corrected for acceptance,...) Marco Bozzo 54

55 Preliminary DPE (logic complement to the elastic tag) Marco Bozzo 55

56 DPE Cross-Section Raw distribution (to be corrected for acceptance,...) Marco Bozzo 56

57 dn ch /d de/d CMS + TOTEM: Acceptance largest acceptance detector ever built at a hadron collider 90% (65%) of all diffractive protons are detected for b* = 1540 (90) m Roman Pots T1,T2 CM S CM S T1,T2 Roman Pots Charged particles Energy flux CM S central T1 HC al ZD C T2 CASTOR b * =90m RPs b * =1540m = - ln tg /2

58 TOTEM + CMS running scenarios pp->px pp->pjjx pp->pjj (bosons, heavy pp->pxp pp->pjjxp pp->pjjp quarks,higgs...) soft diffraction (semi)-hard diffraction hard diffraction Cross section Luminosity b (m) L (cm -2 s -1 ) TOTEM LHC runs Standard LHC runs Marco Bozzo 58

59 Acknowledgments Special acknowledgments to the LHC team for their support and for the development of the 90m optics. Special acknowledgments to CMS for their collaboration and for providing TOTEM with the luminosity measurements. Marco Bozzo 59

60 Thank you for your attention Large-t elastic published in EPL, 95 (2011) B=20.1 GeV -2 Small-t elastic and total cross-section published in EPL, 96(2011) Marco Bozzo 60

61 BACKUP Marco Bozzo 61

62 Measurement of in the Coulombnuclear Interference Region? Obtain the last ingredient for tot from measurement rather than from theory e N = 3.75 m rad) e N = 1 m rad) might be possible at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with RPs at 5 to 6 incentive to develop very-high-b* optics before reaching 14 TeV! e.g. try to use the same optics principle as for 90m and unsqueeze further. Marco Bozzo 62

63 Possibilities of measurement s 2 tot s d tot d ln s asymptotic behaviour: 1 / ln s for s pred. ~ 0.13 at LHC Try to reach the Coulomb region and measure interference: move the detectors closer to the beam than mm run at lower s < 14 TeV Marco Bozzo 63

64 [EPL 95 (2011) 41001] Marco Bozzo 64

65 Marco Bozzo 65

66 Background Subtraction Extrapolation of the background of the EPL paper should be an upper limit (2SD + DPE + ) for the real contamination of the low t- distribution: found to be t <0.1 GeV 2 [Q y * (proton1) - Q y * (proton2)] / 2 left: middle: right: before colinearity req after colinearity req no tails Data confirm that there is no measurable background. Marco Bozzo 66

67 Statistical and Systematic uncertainties for the t and d/dt results Marco Bozzo 67

68 tot Marco Bozzo 68

Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation at the LHC

$Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation at the LHC$ Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation at the LHC Marco Bozzo INFN Genova and University of Genova (Italy) on behalf of the TOTEM Collaboration Overview: The experiment and