LHCf: A new experiment to study very forward particle emission at LHC

T. Sako; Y. Muraki; Y. Itow; K. Masuda; Y. Matsubara; H. Menjo; Y. Obata; K. Tanaka; H. Matsumoto; K. Kasahara; S. Torii; T. Tamura; K. Yoshida; M. Haguenauer; W. C. Turner; O. Adriani; L. Bonechi; M. Bongi; J. Velasco; A. Faus

LHCf: A new experiment to study very forward particle emission at LHC

T. Sako, Y. Muraki, Y. Itow, K. Masuda, Y. Matsubara, H. Menjo, Y. Obata, K. Tanaka, H. Matsumoto, K. Kasahara, S. Torii, T. Tamura, K. Yoshida, M. Haguenauer, W. C. Turner, O. Adriani, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, J. Velasco, A. Faus

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A new accelerator experiment to study very forward particle emission in the LHC collider, LHCf, is presented. Because a collision of 7 TeV protons corresponds to 10¹⁷ eV in the laboratory system, our experiment can give a firm base for simulating air showers generated from ultra high energy cosmic rays. This is indispensable information for the ongoing large experiments like TA, Auger and EUSO for the near future. The LHCf detector is composed of three tower electromagnetic calorimeters and scintillating fibers (SciFi) to measure core position of the shower. To avoid multi particle hits, each tower has a small cross section (2cm ×2cm, 3cm×3cm and 4cm×4cm). We have confirmed that we can measure shower energy with <5% resolution even using such small calorimeters. A project overview and the results of a beam test carried out in August 2004 at CERN SPS are presented.

Original language	English
Pages	189-192
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005 - Pune, India Duration: 2005 Aug 3 → 2005 Aug 10

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Conference	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005
Country/Territory	India
City	Pune
Period	05/8/3 → 05/8/10

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Sako, T., Muraki, Y., Itow, Y., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Menjo, H., Obata, Y., Tanaka, K., Matsumoto, H., Kasahara, K., Torii, S., Tamura, T., Yoshida, K., Haguenauer, M., Turner, W. C., Adriani, O., Bonechi, L., Bongi, M., Velasco, J., & Faus, A. (2005). LHCf: A new experiment to study very forward particle emission at LHC. 189-192. Paper presented at 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, Pune, India.

Sako, T, Muraki, Y, Itow, Y, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Menjo, H, Obata, Y, Tanaka, K, Matsumoto, H, Kasahara, K, Torii, S, Tamura, T, Yoshida, K, Haguenauer, M, Turner, WC, Adriani, O, Bonechi, L, Bongi, M, Velasco, J & Faus, A 2005, 'LHCf: A new experiment to study very forward particle emission at LHC', Paper presented at 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, Pune, India, 05/8/3 - 05/8/10 pp. 189-192.

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