Low-Mass Diffraction at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper predicts the resonance structure of low-mass single diffractive states at the LHC using a Regge-dual model and provides estimates for cross sections and detection efficiencies based on simulations.

Contribution

It introduces a Regge-dual model prediction for low-mass diffraction at the LHC and estimates observable cross sections and efficiencies using PYTHIA simulations.

Findings

Predicted resonance structures for low-mass diffractive states.

Estimated cross sections for single diffraction dissociation.

Simulated detection efficiencies as a function of diffractive mass.

Abstract

The expected resonance structure for the low-mass single diffractive states from a Regge-dual model elaborated paper by the present authors in a previous is predicted. Estimates for the observable low-mass single diffraction dissociation (SDD) cross sections and efficiencies for single diffractive events simulated by PYTHIA 6.2 as a function of the diffractive mass are given.