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

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006

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

The ATLAS collaboration

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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 language	English (US)
Article number	P12006
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	13
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12006
State	Published - Dec 4 2018

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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