TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
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TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement (TOTEM) is a CERN experiment at the Large Hadron Collider dedicated to precisely measuring proton–proton total, elastic, and diffractive cross sections at high energies.
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| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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Large Hadron Collider experiment → particle physics experiment → |
| abbreviationMeaning |
TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
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| acronym |
TOTEM
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| collaboratesWith |
CMS experiment
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| collaborationType |
international collaboration
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| country |
France
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Switzerland → |
| dataTakingEnergy |
13 TeV center-of-mass energy
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7 TeV center-of-mass energy → 8 TeV center-of-mass energy → |
| detectorTechnology |
Roman pot detectors
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silicon detectors → |
| hostOrganization |
CERN
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| locatedAt |
CERN
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| locatedInFacility |
Large Hadron Collider
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| locatedOnLHCInteractionPoint |
Interaction Point 5
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| measuresKinematicRegion |
forward region
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very small scattering angles → |
| measuresQuantity |
central diffractive cross section
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double diffractive cross section → elastic cross section → inelastic cross section → luminosity-independent total cross section → single diffractive cross section → total cross section → |
| near |
CMS experiment
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| primaryObjective |
measurement of proton–proton diffractive cross sections
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measurement of proton–proton elastic cross section → measurement of proton–proton total cross section → |
| researchField |
high-energy physics
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particle physics → |
| scientificGoal |
constrain models of hadronic interactions at high energies
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improve understanding of forward physics at the LHC → provide precise measurements relevant for cosmic-ray physics → |
| shortName |
TOTEM
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| startOfDataTaking |
LHC Run 1
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| studiesProcess |
diffractive scattering
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elastic scattering → proton–proton scattering → soft QCD processes → |
| testsTheory |
Regge theory
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models of the proton structure → quantum chromodynamics → |
| usesAccelerator |
Large Hadron Collider
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| website |
https://totem-experiment.web.cern.ch/
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