TOTEM

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TOTEM is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider that precisely measures proton–proton scattering and total cross sections.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf CERN experiment
Large Hadron Collider experiment
particle physics experiment
acronym TOTEM
associatedWith LHCf
surface form: "LHC forward physics program"
beamType proton–proton
collaboratesWith CMS experiment
collaborationType international collaboration
constrains cosmic-ray interaction models
country Switzerland
detectorType forward detector
energyScale TeV scale
focusesOn forward physics
very small-angle proton scattering
fullName TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement
hasPublished measurements of pp total cross section at 13 TeV
measurements of pp total cross section at 7 TeV
measurements of pp total cross section at 8 TeV
hostInstitution CERN
interactionPoint Point 5 of the LHC ring
surface form: "LHC Interaction Point 5"
locatedAt CERN
surface form: "CERN, Geneva, Switzerland"

Large Hadron Collider
measures elastic differential cross section
inelastic proton–proton cross section
luminosity-independent total cross section
total proton–proton cross section
primaryObjective measure proton–proton elastic scattering
measure proton–proton total cross section
study diffractive proton–proton processes
researchField high-energy physics
particle physics
sharesInteractionPointWith CMS
startOfDataTaking first LHC run
studies diffractive scattering
elastic scattering
proton–proton scattering
total cross sections
studiesEnergyDependenceOf proton–proton total cross section
tests models of soft QCD
predictions of Regge theory
usesAccelerator Large Hadron Collider
surface form: "LHC"
usesMethod optical theorem to extract total cross section
usesTechnology Roman pot detectors
website https://totem-experiment.web.cern.ch/

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