Cosmic-ray Monte Carlo predictions for forward particle production in p-p, p-Pb, and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper compares cosmic-ray Monte Carlo models' predictions for particle energy and flow in various proton and lead collisions at LHC energies, focusing on the forward detector regions to aid in interpreting experimental data.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of different models' predictions for forward particle production at LHC energies, covering multiple collision types and energies.

Findings

Models show varying predictions for particle flows and energies.

Forward detector regions are crucial for understanding collision dynamics.

Results assist in interpreting LHC forward detector measurements.

Abstract

We present and compare the predictions of various cosmic-ray Monte Carlo models for the energy (dE/deta) and particle (dN/deta) flows in p-p, p-Pb and Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s) = 14, 8.8, and 5.5 TeV respectively, in the range covered by forward LHC detectors like CASTOR or TOTEM (5.2<|eta|<6.6) and ZDC or LHCf (|eta|>8.1 for neutrals).