Tricomi, A. (2010) The LHCf experiment at LHC. Il nuovo cimento C, 33 (6). pp. 21-25. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
High Energy Cosmic Ray experiments are providing useful information to understand high energy phenomena in the Universe. However, the uncertainty caused from the poor knowledge of the interaction between very high energy primary cosmic ray and the Earth’s atmosphere prevents the precise deduction of astrophysical parameters from the observational data. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) provides the best opportunity for calibrating the hadron interaction models in the most interesting energy range, between 1015 eV and 1017 eV. To constrain the models used in the extensive air shower simulations the measurements of very forward particles are mandatory. Among the LHC experiments, the LHCf experiment has been designed to reach this goal and its capability to measure forward neutral particle produced in p-p interaction will result crucial for a better interpretation of cosmic ray studies. In this paper, the status of the LHCf experiment and preliminary results for 900 GeV data taking are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cosmic-ray interactions ; Calorimeters |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2020 15:18 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2020 15:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17082 |
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