Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: A LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics

L. Bonechi; O. Adriani; E. Berti; M. Bongi; G. Castellini; R. D'Alessandro; M. Del Prete; M. Haguenauer; Y. Itow; K. Kasahara; Y. Makino; K. Masuda; E. Matsubayashi; H. Menjo; G. Mitsuka; Y. Muraki; P. Papini; A. L. Perrot; S. Ricciarini; T. Sako; N. Sakurai; Y. Shimizu; T. Suzuki; T. Tamura; A. Tiberio; Shoji Torii; A. Tricomi; W. C. Turner

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20147100019

Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: A LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics

L. Bonechi, O. Adriani, E. Berti, M. Bongi, G. Castellini, R. D'Alessandro, M. Del Prete, M. Haguenauer, Y. Itow, K. Kasahara, Y. Makino, K. Masuda, E. Matsubayashi, H. Menjo, G. Mitsuka, Y. Muraki, P. Papini, A. L. Perrot, S. Ricciarini, T. SakoN. Sakurai, Y. Shimizu, T. Suzuki, T. Tamura, A. Tiberio, Shoji Torii, A. Tricomi, W. C. Turner

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LHCf is a small detector installed at LHC accelerator to measure neutral particle flow in the forward direction of proton -proton (p - p) and proton -nucleus (p - A) interactions. Thanks to the optimal performance that has characterized the last years' running of the LHC collider, several measurements have been taken since 2009 in different running conditions. After data taking for p - p interactions at √ s = 900 GeV, 2.76 TeV and 7 TeV and proton - Lead nucleus (p -Pb) at √ s _NN = 5.02 TeV (energy of a couple of projectile and target nucleons in their center of mass reference frame), LHCf is now going to complete its physics program with the 13 TeV p - p run foreseen in 2015. The complete set of results will become a reference data set of forward physics for the calibration and tuning of the hadronic interaction models currently used for the simulation of the atmospheric showers induced by very high energy cosmic rays. For this reason we think that LHCf is giving an important contribution for the study of cosmic rays at the highest energies. In this paper the experiment, the published results and the current status are reviewed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EPJ Web of Conferences
Publisher	EDP Sciences
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147100019
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, ICNFP 2013 - Kolymbari, Crete, Greece Duration: 2013 Aug 28 → 2013 Sept 5

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Other	2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, ICNFP 2013
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Kolymbari, Crete
Period	13/8/28 → 13/9/5

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Bonechi, L., Adriani, O., Berti, E., Bongi, M., Castellini, G., D'Alessandro, R., Del Prete, M., Haguenauer, M., Itow, Y., Kasahara, K., Makino, Y., Masuda, K., Matsubayashi, E., Menjo, H., Mitsuka, G., Muraki, Y., Papini, P., Perrot, A. L., Ricciarini, S., ... Turner, W. C. (2014). Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: A LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 71). Article 00019 EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147100019

Bonechi, L, Adriani, O, Berti, E, Bongi, M, Castellini, G, D'Alessandro, R, Del Prete, M, Haguenauer, M, Itow, Y, Kasahara, K, Makino, Y, Masuda, K, Matsubayashi, E, Menjo, H, Mitsuka, G, Muraki, Y, Papini, P, Perrot, AL, Ricciarini, S, Sako, T, Sakurai, N, Shimizu, Y, Suzuki, T, Tamura, T, Tiberio, A, Torii, S, Tricomi, A & Turner, WC 2014, Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: A LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics. in EPJ Web of Conferences. vol. 71, 00019, EDP Sciences, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, ICNFP 2013, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece, 13/8/28. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147100019

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Forward physics with the LHCf experiment: A LHC contribution to cosmic-ray physics

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