Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions at √s=900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC ATLAS Collaboration

被引:187
作者
Aad, G. [1 ]
Abat, E. [25 ]
Abbott, B. [133 ]
Abdallah, J. [16 ]
Abdelalim, A. A. [63 ]
Abdesselam, A. [136 ,140 ,157 ]
Abdinov, O. [15 ]
Abi, B. [134 ]
Abolins, M. [108 ]
Abramowicz, H. [185 ]
Abreu, H. [137 ]
Acerbi, E. [109 ,110 ]
Acharya, B. S. [198 ,199 ]
Ackers, M. [30 ]
Adams, D. L. [34 ]
Addy, T. N. [72 ]
Adelman, J. [212 ]
Aderholz, M. [120 ]
Adorisio, C. [50 ,51 ]
Adragna, P. [95 ]
Adye, T. [154 ]
Aefsky, S. [32 ]
Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A. [149 ]
Aharrouche, M. [101 ]
Ahlen, S. P. [31 ]
Ahles, F. [1 ]
Ahmad, A. [180 ]
Ahmed, H. [3 ]
Ahsan, M. [55 ]
Aielli, G. [159 ,160 ]
Akdogan, T. [25 ]
Akesson, P. F. [39 ]
Akesson, T. P. A. [99 ]
Akimoto, G. [187 ,188 ]
Akimov, A. V. [115 ]
Aktas, A. [1 ]
Alam, M. S. [2 ]
Alam, M. A. [96 ]
Albert, J. [206 ]
Albrand, S. [71 ]
Aleksa, M. [39 ]
Aleksandrov, I. N. [83 ]
Aleppo, M. [109 ,110 ]
Alessandria, F. [109 ]
Alexa, C.
Alexander, G. [185 ]
Alexandre, G. [63 ]
Alexopoulos, T. [14 ]
Alhroob, M. [30 ]
Aliev, M. [22 ]
机构
[1] Univ Freiburg, Fak Math & Phys, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
[2] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA
[3] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Ctr Particle Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada
[4] Ankara Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, TR-061000 Ankara, Turkey
[5] Dumlupinar Univ, Kutahya, Turkey
[6] Gazi Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Phys, TR-06500 Ankara, Turkey
[7] TOBB Univ Econ & Technol, Fac Arts & Sci, Div Phys, TR-06560 Ankara, Turkey
[8] Turkish Atom Energy Commiss, TR-06530 Ankara, Turkey
[9] Univ Savoie, LAPP, CNRS, IN2P3, Annecy Le Vieux, France
[10] Argonne Natl Lab, Div High Energy Phys, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[11] Univ Arizona, Dept Phys, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[12] Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Phys, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
[13] Univ Athens, Dept Phys, GR-15771 Athens, Greece
[14] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Phys, GR-15780 Zografos, Greece
[15] Azerbaijan Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Baku 143, Azerbaijan
[16] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, IFAE, ES-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
[17] Univ Belgrade, Inst Phys, Belgrade 11001, Serbia
[18] Vinca Inst Nucl Sci, Belgrade 11001, Serbia
[19] Univ Bergen, Dept Phys & Technol, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway
[20] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[21] Univ Calif Berkeley, Div Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[22] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[23] Univ Bern, Albert Einstein Ctr Fundamental Phys, High Energy Phys Lab, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
[24] Univ Birmingham, Sch Phys & Astron, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[25] Bogazici Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, TR-80815 Bebek, Turkey
[26] Dogus Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Phys, TR-34722 Istanbul, Turkey
[27] Gaziantep Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Engn Phys, TR-27310 Sehitkamil, Gaziantep, Turkey
[28] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, IT-40127 Bologna, Italy
[29] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, IT-40127 Bologna, Italy
[30] Univ Bonn, Inst Phys, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[31] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[32] Brandeis Univ, Dept Phys, Waltham, MA 02454 USA
[33] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, COPPE, EE, IF, BR-21945970 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[34] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Phys, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[35] Univ Politehn Bucuresti, Bucharest 060042, Romania
[36] Univ Buenos Aires, FCEyN, Dto Fis, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[37] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[38] Carleton Univ, Dept Phys, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
[39] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[40] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[41] Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Fis, Dept Fis, Santiago 22, Chile
[42] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Dept Fis, Valparaiso, Chile
[43] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Cn Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[44] USTC, Dept Modern Phys, Hefei 230026, CN Anhui, Peoples R China
[45] Nanjing Univ, Dept Phys, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China
[46] Shandong Univ, High Energy Phys Grp, Jinan 250100, CN Shandong, Peoples R China
[47] Univ Blaise Pascal, CNRS, IN2P3, Lab Phys Corpusculaire,Clermont Univ, FR-63177 Aubiere, France
[48] Columbia Univ, Nevis Lab, Irvington, NY 10533 USA
[49] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
[50] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Grp Coll Cosenza, IT-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende, Italy
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 英国科学技术设施理事会; 瑞士国家科学基金会; 瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Charged-particle; Multiplicities; 900; GeV; ATLAS; LHC; Minimum bias; TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM SPECTRA; SQUARE-ROOT-S; CM ENERGIES; DISTRIBUTIONS; COLLISIONS; MASS;
D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.03.064
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The first measurements from proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC are presented. Data were collected in December 2009 using a minimum-bias trigger during collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 900 GeV. The charged-particle multiplicity, its dependence on transverse momentum and pseudorapidity, and the relationship between mean transverse momentum and charged-particle multiplicity are measured for events with at least one charged particle in the kinematic range vertical bar eta vertical bar < 2.5 and p(T) > 500 MeV. The measurements are compared to Monte Carlo models of proton-proton collisions and to results from other experiments at the same centre-of-mass energy. The charged-particle multiplicity per event and unit of pseudorapidity eta = 0 is measured to be 1.333 +/- 0.003(stat.) +/- 0.040(syst.), which is 5-15% higher than the Monte Carlo models predict. 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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