Performance of the TOTEM Detectors at the LHC
Abstract
The TOTEM Experiment is designed to measure the total proton-proton cross-section with the luminosity-independent method and to study elastic and diffractive pp scattering at the LHC. To achieve optimum forward coverage for charged particles emitted by the pp collisions in the interaction point IP5, two tracking telescopes, T1 and T2, are installed on each side of the IP in the pseudorapidity region 3.1 < = |eta | < = 6.5, and special movable beam-pipe insertions - called Roman Pots (RP) - are placed at distances of +- 147 m and +- 220 m from IP5. This article describes in detail the working of the TOTEM detector to produce physics results in the first three years of operation and data taking at the LHC.
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@article{arxiv.1310.2908,
title = {Performance of the TOTEM Detectors at the LHC},
author = {TOTEM Collaboration and G. Antchev and P. Aspell and I. Atanassov and V. Avati and J. Baechler and M. G. Bagliesi and V. Berardi and M. Berretti and E. Bossini and U. Bottigli and M. Bozzo and E. Brücken and A. Buzzo and F. S. Cafagna and M. G. Catanesi and R. Cecchi and C. Covault and M. Csanád and T. Csörgő and M. Deile and M. Doubek and K. Eggert and V. Eremin and F. Ferro and A. Fiergolski and F. Garcia and S. Giani and V. Greco and L. Grzanka and J. Heino and T. Hilden and A. Karev and J. Kašpar and J. Kopal and V. Kundrát and S. Lami and G. Latino and R. Lauhakangas and T. Leszko and E. Lippmaa and J. Lippmaa and M. Lokajíček and L. Losurdo and M. Lo Vetere and F. Lucas Rodríguez and M. Macrí and T. Mäki and A. Mercadante and N. Minafra and S. Minutoli and F. Nemes and H. Niewiadomski and E. Oliveri and F. Oljemark and R. Orava and M. Oriunno and K. Österberg and P. Palazzi and E. Pedreschi and J. Procházka and M. Quinto and E. Radermacher and E. Radicioni and F. Ravotti and E. Robutti and L. Ropelewski and G. Ruggiero and H. Saarikko and A. Scribano and J. Smajek and W. Snoeys and F. Spinella and J. Sziklai and C. Taylor and A. Thys and N. Turini and V. Vacek and M. Vítek and J. Welti and J. Whitmore and P. Wyszkowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2908},
year = {2014}
}
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40 pages, 31 figures, submitted to Int. J. Mod. Phys. A