Measurement of the total cross section at 8 TeV and the inelastic cross section at 13 TeV at the LHC with the ATLAS detector

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of the total and inelastic proton-proton cross sections at different LHC energies using the ATLAS detector, providing essential data for understanding particle interactions at high energies.

Contribution

It presents new experimental measurements of total and inelastic cross sections at 8 TeV and 13 TeV, respectively, using specialized ATLAS sub-detectors, advancing high-energy physics data.

Findings

Total cross section at 8 TeV measured via elastic scattering.

Inelastic cross section at 13 TeV measured with MBTS detector.

Results contribute to understanding proton interactions at high energies.

Abstract

New measurements from ATLAS at the LHC are presented on the total cross section at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV from elastic scattering using the ALFA sub-detector and on the inelastic cross section at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV using the MBTS sub-detector.