Soft QCD measurements at LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent soft QCD measurements at the LHC across various experiments, highlighting cross sections, particle spectra, and correlations in different collision systems, revealing surprising similarities.

Contribution

It compiles and compares recent soft QCD results from multiple LHC experiments, providing a comprehensive overview of the field.

Findings

Similarities in particle correlations across pp, pPb, and PbPb collisions.

Measurements of total, elastic, and inelastic cross sections.

Inclusive and identified particle spectra results.

Abstract

Results from recent soft QCD measurements by LHC experiments ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, LHCf and TOTEM are reported. The measurements include total, elastic and inelastic cross sections, inclusive and identified particle spectra, underlying event and hadronic chains. Results from particle correlations in all three collision systems, namely pp, pPb and PbPb, exhibit unexpected similarities.