Abstract
The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions, with at least one prompt long-lived charged particle of transverse momentum $p_{\rm T}>0.2$ GeV/$c$ in the pseudorapidity range $2.0<\eta<4.5$, is measured by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV. The cross-section in this kinematic range is determined to be $\sigma_{\rm inel}^{\rm acc} = 55.0 \pm 2.4$ mb within the spectrometer acceptance with an experimental uncertainty that is dominated by systematic contributions. Extrapolation to the full phase space, using PYTHIA 6, yields $\sigma_{\rm inel} = 66.9 \pm 2.9 \pm 4.4$ mb, where the first uncertainty is experimental and the second is due to the extrapolation.
Highlights
The minimum distance of a track to a primary vertex, the impact parameter, is measured with a resolution of (15 + 29/pT) μm, where pT is the component of the momentum transverse to the beam, in GeV/c
Extrapolation to the full phase space, using Pythia 6, yields σinel = 66.9 ± 2.9 ± 4.4 mb, where the first uncertainty is experimental and the second is due to the extrapolation
The Pythia 6 simulation used in the efficiency determination [2, 17] gives sextr = IMC/IMacCc = 1.2168 ± 0.0001, where the uncertainty is statistical
Summary
The minimum distance of a track to a primary vertex, the impact parameter, is measured with a resolution of (15 + 29/pT) μm, where pT is the component of the momentum transverse to the beam, in GeV/c. Abstract: The cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions, with at least one prompt long-lived charged particle of transverse momentum pT > 0.2GeV/c in the pseudorapidity range√2.0 < η < 4.5, is measured by the LHCb experiment at a centre-ofmass energy of s = 7 TeV.
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