Measurement of the inelastic pp cross-section at LHCb

by Prof. Michael Schmelling (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)

Thursday 30 Nov 2023, 16:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

CP-03-123 (TU Dortmund)

Despite its apparent simplicity, this fundamental observable is surprisingly difficult to measure. The talk presents the LHCb result for 13 TeV pp collisions, with a focus on the conceptual problems and the methods employed to address them. A novelty is the use of probability generating functions to correct for detector effect.

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