Comparison between simulated and observed LHC beam backgrounds in the ATLAS experiment at E beam =4 TeV

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Abstract

Results of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations of beam-induced background (BIB) in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are presented and compared with data recorded in 2012. During normal physics operation this background arises mainly from scattering of the 4 TeV protons on residual gas in the beam pipe. Methods of reconstructing the BIB signals in the ATLAS detector, developed and implemented in the simulation chain based on the \textsc{Fluka} Monte Carlo simulation package, are described. The interaction rates are determined from the residual gas pressure distribution in the LHC ring in order to set an absolute scale on the predicted rates of BIB so that they can be compared quantitatively with data. Through these comparisons the origins of the BIB leading to different observables in the ATLAS detectors are analysed. The level of agreement between simulation results and BIB measurements by ATLAS in 2012 demonstrates that a good understanding of the origin of BIB has been reached.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberP12006
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2018

Funding

FundersFunder number
BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
CEA-DRF
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Horizon 2020, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
MSMT
MSSR
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Czech Republic
Singapore Eye Research Institute
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
MESTD
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
RGC
COL-CIENCIAS
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
MES of Russia
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
VSC CR
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
IRFU
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
National Research Council Canada
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Not addedST/J005533/1, ST/N00034X/1, ST/M000753/1, ST/N000307/1, ST/L003449/1, GRIDPP, ST/K001310/1, ST/L006162/1, ST/P00203X/1, ST/N000447/1, ST/J004804/1, ST/H001158/1, ST/N000234/1, ST/N000420/1, ST/N001583/1
National Science Foundation1812377, 1624739
DNSRCIN2P3-CNRS

    Keywords

    • Accelerator modelling and simulations (multi-particle dynamics
    • Radiation calculations
    • Simulation methods and programs
    • single-particle dynamics)

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