O. Adriani

The LHCf detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

LHCf is an experiment dedicated to the measurement of neutral particles emitted in the very forward region of LHC collisions. The physics goal is to provide data for calibrating the hadron interaction models that are used in the study of Extremely High-Energy Cosmic-Rays. This is possible since the laboratory equivalent collision energy of LHC is 1017 eV. Two LHCf detectors, consisting of imaging calorimeters made of tungsten plates, plastic scintillator and position sensitive sensors, are installed at zero degree collision angle ±140 m from an interaction point (IP). Although the lateral dimensions of these calorimeters are very compact, ranging from 20 mm × 20 mm to 40 mm × 40 mm, the energy resolution is expected to be better than 6% and the position resolution better than 0.2 mm for γ-rays with energy from 100 GeV to 7 TeV. This has been confirmed by test beam results at the CERN SPS. These calorimeters can measure particles emitted in the pseudo rapidity range ηxa0>xa08.4. Detectors, data acquisition and electronics are optimized to operate during the early phase of the LHC commissioning with luminosity below 1030xa0cm-2xa0s-1. LHCf is expected to obtain data to compare with the major hadron interaction models within a week or so of operation at luminosity ~xa01029xa0cm-2xa0s-1. After ~xa010 days of operation at luminosity ~xa01029xa0cm-2xa0s-1, the light output of the plastic scintillators is expected to degrade by ~ 10% due to radiation damage. This degradation will be monitored and corrected for using calibration pulses from a laser.

The construction and testing of the silicon position sensitive modules for the LHCf experiment at CERN

In this paper the design criteria, construction and final performance of the silicon micro-strip modules installed in the LHCf experiment are described. LHCf is an experiment currently placed at CERN in the LHC tunnel. It consists of two small calorimeters each one placed 140 metres away from the ATLAS interaction point. Their purpose is to study very forward production of neutral particles in proton-proton collisions. The silicon modules are installed in one of the two calorimeters and provide precision information on the shower transverse profile.

The performance of the LHCf detector for hadronic showers

The Large Hadron Collider forward (LHCf) experiment has been designed to use the LHC to benchmark the hadronic interaction models used in cosmic-ray physics. It measures neutral particles emitted in the very forward region of the LHC p-p or p-N collisions. In this paper, the performances of the LHCf detectors for hadronic showers was studied with MC simulations and beam tests. The detection efficiency for neutrons varies from 70% to 80% above 500 GeV. The energy resolutions are about 40% and the position resolution is 0.1 to 1.3 mm depending on the incident energy for neutrons. The energy scale determined by the MC simulations and the validity of the MC simulations were examined using 350 GeV proton beams at the CERN-SPS.

LHCf Detector Performance during the 2009-2010 LHC RUN

Large Hadron Collider forward (LHCf) has successfully completed the operation during the LHC 2009–2010 period and the detectors were removed in July 2010. The event trigger, data analysis and background have been intensively studied in order to derive inclusive single photon and π0 spectra. In this paper, the details of these intensive studies are described.

Performance of the Arm#1 Detector for LHCf Experiment

The Large Hadron Collider forward (LHCf) experiment will provide the energy and transverse momentum spectra of neutral particles produced in the very forward region of p-p collision at 7+7 TeV, corresponding to a laboratory frame energy of 10 17 eV. The LHCf apparatus is composed of two independent detectors installed at zero degree collision angle from the ATLAS interaction point. To assess performance of LHCf detectors, we carried out a beam test in 2007 at the CERN SPS H4 beamline. We report results of the Arm#1 detector, using scintillating fibers for measuring shower positions, obtained from electron primary beams of 50–200 GeV, and proton primary beams of 150–350 GeV and muon primary beams of 150–200 GeV. We obtained energy resolution of electrons as a function of the primary energy . The position resolution of shower axis is obtained by using a position determined with the Si microstrip detectors. We also reconstructed the real geometry of each SciFi by the use of muon primary beams. Finally, we re...

LHCf: A calibration tool for cosmic ray physics at LHC

The LHCf detector has been designed to measure the energy spectra of γ, π 0 and neutrons produced very forward in the proton-proton collisions at LHC, with 14 TeV center of mass energy. The equivalent energy in the laboratory system (10 17 eV) will allow significant improvement in knowledge of the mechanisms important for longitudinal development of Very High Energy Cosmic Ray (VHECR) showers, in a region never directly explored. This paper reports on the status and expected performances of the LHCf experiment, which is ready for the data taking in the very first phase of the LHC running.

The LHCf experiment: Modelling cosmic rays at LHC

The LHCf experiment at LHC has been designed to provide a calibration of nuclear interaction models used in cosmic ray physics up to energies relevant to test the region between the knee and the GZK cut-off. Details of the detector and its performances are discussed.

Status of the LHCf experiment

The LHCf experiment is an LHC experiment dedicated to measure the production spectra of forward neutral particles, photons, π0’s, and neutrons. The aim of the LHCf is to provide critical data to test and tune hadronic interaction models which are used in MC simulations for cosmic-ray air shower developments. The LHCf had an operation in 2015 with pp collisions at

First year results from LHCf

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The performance of the LHCf detector

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