Measurement of forward photon production cross-section in proton–proton collisions at with the LHCf detector

O. Adriani (INFN Section of Florence, Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Florence, Italy) ; E. Berti (INFN Section of Florence, Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Florence, Italy) ; L. Bonechi (INFN Section of Florence, Florence, Italy) ; M. Bongi (INFN Section of Florence, Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Florence, Italy) ; R. D'Alessandro (INFN Section of Florence, Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Florence, Italy) ; et al. - Show all 27 authors

In this paper, we report the production cross-section of forward photons in the pseudorapidity regions of η>10.94 and 8.99>η>8.81, measured by the LHCf experiment with proton–proton collisions at s=13TeV. The results from the analysis of 0.191nb1 of data obtained in June 2015 are compared to the predictions of several hadronic interaction models that are used in air-shower simulations for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Although none of the models agree perfectly with the data, EPOS-LHC shows the best agreement with the experimental data among the models.

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21 February 2018
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Physics Letters B , Volume 780 C (2018)

Pages 233-239
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.12.050
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