Measurement of the inelastic cross section in proton–lead collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV

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The inelastic hadronic cross section in proton–lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV is measured with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of L=12.6±0.4 nb−1, has been collected with an unbiased trigger for inclusive particle production. The cross section is obtained from the measured number of proton–lead collisions with hadronic activity produced in the pseudorapidity ranges 3<η<5 and/or −5<η<−3, corrected for photon-induced contributions, experimental acceptance, and other instrumental effects. The inelastic cross section is measured to be σinel(pPb)=2061±3(stat)±34(syst)±72(lumi) mb. Various Monte Carlo generators, commonly used in heavy ion and cosmic ray physics, are found to reproduce the data within uncertainties. The value of σinel(pPb) is compatible with that expected from the proton–proton cross section at 5.02 TeV scaled up within a simple Glauber approach to account for multiple scatterings in the lead nucleus, indicating that further net nuclear corrections are small. © 2016 The Author

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dc.contributor.authorKhachatryan, V.
dc.contributor.authorSirunyan, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorTumasyan, A.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, W.
dc.contributor.authorAsilar, E.
dc.contributor.authorBergauer, T.
dc.contributor.authorBrandstetter, J.
dc.contributor.authorBrondolin, E.
dc.contributor.authorDragicevic, M.
dc.contributor.authorErö, J.
dc.contributor.authorFlechl, M.
dc.contributor.authorFriedl, M.
dc.contributor.authorFrühwirth, R.
dc.contributor.authorGhete, V.M.
dc.contributor.authorHartl, C.
dc.contributor.authorHörmann, N.
dc.contributor.authorHrubec, J.
dc.contributor.authorJeitler, M.
dc.contributor.authorKnünz, V.
dc.contributor.authorKönig, A.
dc.contributor.authorKrammer, M.
dc.contributor.authorKrätschmer, I.
dc.contributor.authorLiko, D.
dc.contributor.authorMatsushita, T.
dc.contributor.authorMikulec, I.
dc.contributor.authorRabady, D.
dc.contributor.authorRahbaran, B.
dc.contributor.authorRohringer, H.
dc.contributor.authorSchieck, J.
dc.contributor.authorSchöfbeck, R.
dc.contributor.authorStrauss, J.
dc.contributor.authorTreberer-Treberspurg, W.
dc.contributor.authorWaltenberger, W.
dc.contributor.authorWulz, C.-E.
dc.contributor.authorMossolov, V.
dc.contributor.authorShumeiko, N.
dc.contributor.authorSuarez Gonzalez, J.
dc.contributor.authorAlderweireldt, S.
dc.contributor.authorCornelis, T.
dc.contributor.authorDe Wolf, E.A.
dc.contributor.authorJanssen, X.
dc.contributor.authorKnutsson, A.
dc.contributor.authorLauwers, J.
dc.contributor.authorLuyckx, S.
dc.contributor.authorOchesanu, S.
dc.contributor.authorRougny, R.
dc.contributor.authorVan De Klundert, M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Haevermaet, H.
dc.contributor.authorVan Mechelen, P.
dc.contributor.authorVan Remortel, N.
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-18T20:29:39.501457995Z
dc.date.available2026-10-18T20:29:39.501457995Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe inelastic hadronic cross section in proton–lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.02 TeV is measured with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of L=12.6±0.4 nb−1, has been collected with an unbiased trigger for inclusive particle production. The cross section is obtained from the measured number of proton–lead collisions with hadronic activity produced in the pseudorapidity ranges 3<η<5 and/or −5<η<−3, corrected for photon-induced contributions, experimental acceptance, and other instrumental effects. The inelastic cross section is measured to be σinel(pPb)=2061±3(stat)±34(syst)±72(lumi) mb. Various Monte Carlo generators, commonly used in heavy ion and cosmic ray physics, are found to reproduce the data within uncertainties. The value of σinel(pPb) is compatible with that expected from the proton–proton cross section at 5.02 TeV scaled up within a simple Glauber approach to account for multiple scatterings in the lead nucleus, indicating that further net nuclear corrections are small. © 2016 The Author
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding text 1: Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation ; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office ; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic ; the Council of Science and Industrial Research , India; the HOMING PLUS programme of the Foundation for Polish Science , cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund; the OPUS programme of the National Science Center (Poland); the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the Consorzio per la Fisica (Trieste); MIUR project 20108T4XTM (Italy); the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF ; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund ; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); and the Welch Foundation , contract C-1845 .; Funding text 2: We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq , CAPES , FAPERJ , and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN ; CAS , MOST , and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); MoER , ERC IUT and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland , MEC , and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); CINVESTAV , CONACYT , SEP , and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON , RosAtom , RAS and RFBR (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter , IPST , STAR and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physletb.2016.06.027
dc.identifier.endpage662
dc.identifier.issn0370-2693
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84975764611
dc.identifier.startpage641
dc.identifier.urihttps://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/ebyu/14861
dc.identifier.volume759
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCMS
dc.subjectCross section
dc.subjectForward physics
dc.subjectProton-lead
dc.titleMeasurement of the inelastic cross section in proton–lead collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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