1. Stefano Lami INFN Pisa on behalf of the TOTEM Collaboration

2. Total cross-section Elastic Scattering jet  Diffraction: soft and hard b Forward physics TOTEM Physics Overview Ultimately ~1% precision Over a wide t range 2/21

3. Predictions at 14 TeV: 90-130 mb Available data not decisive Aim of TOTEM: ~1% accuracy LHC (14TeV): COMPETE Collaboration fits all available hadronic data and predicts: [PRL 89 201801 (2002)] Dispersion relation fit Best fit  TOT pp rises as  ~ ln 2 s 3/21 It will distinguish between several models

4. Elastic scattering (diffraction in general) theoretical understanding not complete number of approaches: Regge, geometrical, eikonal,QCD,... ⇒ rather incompatible predictions intimately related to the structure of proton Big uncertainties at large |t|: Models differ by ~ 3 orders of magnitude! 3-gluon exchange at large |t|: Islam Model:  * = 90 m  * = 2 m  * = 1540 m |t| 4/21 TOTEM will measure the 10 -3 < | t | ~(p  ) 2 <10 GeV 2 range with good statistics

5. p-p Interactions Incident hadrons acquire colour and break apart Incident hadrons retain their quantum numbers remaining colourless Non-diffractive Diffractive Colour exchange Colourless exchange with vacuum quantum numbers GOAL: understand the QCD nature of the diffractive exchange dN / d  = exp (-  ) dN / d  = const 5/21  = -ln tg  /2  =  p/p  -ln 

6. p. 6 Indicative cross-sections at 14 TeV ~ 30 mb ~ 10 mb ~7 mb ~1 mb M M Double Pomeron Exchange Double Diffraction Single Diffraction Elastic Scattering ~65 mb ~ 58 % << 1 mb ~ 42 % Processes with large cross-sections ! London Workshop 30.03.20096/21 (  = -ln tg  /2)  

7. Stefano Lami 7/21 TOTEM Experimental Apparatus Physics requirements: forward proton detectors and large pseudorapidity coverage Roman Pots & tracking telescopes T1 and T2 (inelastic evts + Vtx reco) all detectors symmetrically on both sides of IP5 all detectors L1 trigger capable T1: 3.1 < |  | < 4.7 T2: 5.3 < |  | < 6.5

8. London Workshop 30.03.2009 Stefano Lami 8/21 TOTEM Coverage Courtesy by Jan Kaspar

9. 9/21 TOTEM Roman Pots HALF OF THE RP STATION Horizontal RPVertical RPBPM Beam Thin window 150  m 10 silicon detector planes pitch 66  m Overlap for alignment Protons at few  rad angles w. RPs at 10  + d from beam `Edgeless’ detectors to minimize d  beam ~ 80  m at RP220 w.  *=1540m) Each RP station has 2 units, 4m apart Each unit has 2 vertical insertions (‘pots’) + 1 horizontal Ongoing Detector Installation: RP220 (147) fully (partially) equipped by June

10. London Workshop 30.03.2009 Stefano Lami 10/21 T1 Telescope 3m 1 station per side of IP5 each station: 5 planes each plane: 6 trapezoidal CSC detectors L1 trigger capability Cathode Strip Chamber detector – 3 coordinates : 2 cathode strips, 1 anode wire – Resolution ≈ 1 mm Primary Vtx reconstruction to discriminate background (not beam-beam events) for the measurement of N inel Multiplicity measurement ¼ of T1 Installation foreseen for May/June: One arm eventually in September

11. London Workshop 30.03.2009 Stefano Lami 11/21 T2 Telescope 1 station on each side of IP5 each station: two halves (left/right) each half: 10 (5×2 back-to-back mounted) GEM detectors L1 trigger capability Triple Gas Electron Multiplier detectors – double readout: strips (radial) and pads (coarse radial and azimuthal) – resolution: radial 100  m, azimuthal 0.8 ◦ Vtx reco. + Multiplicity measurement Ongoing installation: fully done by May

12. 12/21  tot (~1%), low t elastic,  tot (~5%), low t elastic, high t elastic, soft diffraction (semi)-hard diffraction hard diffraction cross section luminosity  mb  b nb  * (m) 1540 90 2 0.5 L ( cm  2 s  1 ) 10 28 10 30 10 31 10 33 TOTEM runs Standard runs TOTEM Physics and LHC Optics Feasible physics depends on running scenarios: luminosity beam optics (β*)  acceptance of proton detectors  precision in the measurement of scattering angle / beam divergence EARLY London Workshop 30.03.2009 Stefano Lami

13. Optical functions: - L (effective length); - v (magnification); - D (machine dispersion) Describe the explicit path of particles through the magnetic elements as a function of the particle parameters at IP.   Define t and  range (Acceptance)  =  p/p ; t = t x + t y ; t i ~ -(p  i *) 2 (x *, y * ): vertex position at IP (  x *,  y * ): emission angle at IP Proton transport equations: x = L x  x * + v x x * + D  y = L y  y * + v y y * Example Same sample of diffractive protons at different  * - low  *: p detected by momentum loss (  ) - high  *: p detected by trans. momentum (t y ) Details on Optics 13/21

14. Detector distance to the beam: 10  +0.5mm -t = 0.01 GeV 2 -t = 0.002 GeV 2 Beam  * = 1540 m  *=2 m  *=90 m log(-t / GeV 2 ) 0.002 0.06 4.0 Acceptance Det. dist. 1.3 mm 6 mm   = 1540 m L = 10 28 – 2 x10 29 95% of all p seen; all    = 90 m L = 10 29 – 3 x10 30 65% of all p seen; all    = 0.5– 2m L = 10 30 – 10 34  > 0.02 seen; all t  = 0.5m - 2m  resolved RP 220m Optics properties at RP220: Diffractive Proton Acceptance in (t,  ): (contour lines at A = 10 %) RP220 Proton Acceptance Elastic Scattering 90m: see all protons 0.03 < |t| < 10 GeV 2 Low  *: see protons 0.02  <0.2 or 2< |t| < 10 GeV 2

15. TOTEM Approach: Measure the exp. slope B in the t-range 0.002 - 0.2 GeV 2, extrapolate d  /dt to t=0, Measure total inelastic and elastic rates (all TOTEM detectors provide L1 triggers): Related by the Optical Theorem: Coulomb scattering Nuclear scattering Coulomb-Nuclear interference  = fine structure constant  = relative Coulomb-nuclear phase G(t) = nucleon em form factor = (1 + |t|/0.71) -2  = Re/Im f (p  p)

16.  [mb] trigger loss [mb] systematic error after extrapolations [mb] Non-diffractive inelastic580.06 Single diffractive1430.6 Double diffractive70.30.1 Double Pomeron10.20.02 Total 803.6 0.8 Acceptance single diffraction simulated extrapolated detected Loss at low diffractive masses M Inelastic double arm trigger: robust against background, inefficient at small M Inelastic single arm trigger: suffers from beam-gas + halo background, best efficiency Inelastic triggers and proton (SD, DPE): cleanest trigger, proton inefficiency to be extrapolated Trigger on non-colliding bunches to determine beam-gas + halo rates. Vertex reconstruction with T1, T2 to suppress background Extrapolation of diffractive cross-section to large 1/M 2 assuming d  dM 2 ~ 1/M 2 16/21

17. Combined Uncertainty in  tot  * = 90 m  1540 m  Extrapolation of elastic cross-section to t = 0: ± 4 % ± 0.2 %  Total elastic rate (strongly correlated with extrapolation): ± 2 % ± 0.1 %  Total inelastic rate: ± 1 % ± 0.8 % (error dominated by Single Diffractive trigger losses)  Error contribution from (1+  2 ) using full COMPETE error band  = 33 % ± 1.2 %  Total uncertainty in  tot including correlations in the error propagation:  * = 90 m : ± 5 %,  * = 1540 m : ± (1 ÷ 2) %. Slightly worse in L (~ total rate squared!) : ± 7 % (± 2 %). Precise Measurement with  * = 1540 m requires: improved knowledge of optical functions alignment precision < 50  m 17/21

18. London Workshop 30.03.2009 Stefano Lami 18/21 Early Physics with TOTEM ( E p = 5 TeV &  * = 3m) RP220 Acceptance: - elastic scattering 1 < |t| < 12 GeV 2 - diffractive protons 0.02 <  < 0.18 - resolution: σ(ξ) < ∼ 6 · 10 −3 very similar to E p = 7 TeV !!  =1540  =90  =  0.5 - 3 Log(M) (GeV)‏ DPE Protons seen for  > 2%

19.  Using horizontal RPs  d  SD /dM (SD events with high mass)  0.02 <  < 0.18  2 < M < 6 TeV   (M)/M = 2  4 %  d  DPE /dM (DPE high mass)  250 < M < 2500 GeV   (M)/M = 2.1  3.5 %  Using vertical RPs: high t elastic scattering  d  Elastic /dt 1 < |t| < 12 GeV 2  (t)  0.2   |t|  p p p M X 2 =  s Rapidity Gap -ln    p X SD  M X 2 =  1  2 s Rapidity Gap -ln  2 Rapidity Gap -ln  1  p1p1 p2p2 X  2 p p2p2  1 p p1p1 DPE 19/21

20. MPI@LHC 200820/21 Acceptance: 3.1 <  < 4.7 (T1) & 5.3 <  < 6.5 (T2)  (  ) = 0.04  0.2, no mom. &  info minimum bias dN ch /d  [1/unit] Particelle cariche per evento T1/T2: charged multiplicity ● Measurement of charged multiplicity for different processes ● Important also for cosmic ray physics (e.g. for MC generator validation) ● Identification and measurement of rapidity gaps single diffractive

21.  TOTEM ready for LHC restart will run under all beam conditions will need high β ∗ optics → will require β ∗ = 90m optics for early running  Early measurements  low  *: - study of SD and DPE at high masses - elastic scattering at high |t| - measurement of forward charged multiplicity   * = 90 m: - first measurement of  tot (and L ) with a precision of ~ 5% (~ 7%) - elastic scattering in a wide |t| range - inclusive studies of diffractive processes - measurement of forward charged multiplicity  Later  Measurement of total pp cross-section (and L ) with a precision of 1÷2 % (2 %) with  * = 1540 m (dedicated short runs).  Measurement of elastic scattering in the range 10 -3 < |t| < 10 GeV 2  An extensive CMS/TOTEM Physics Programme Conclusions

22. Backup Slides

23. Planar technology + CTS (Current Terminating Structure) 50 µm I2I2 I1I1 + - biasing ring Al p+p+ n+n+ cut edge current terminating ring Al SiO 2 n-type bulk p+p+ 50 µm Micro-strip Si detectors designed to reduce the inefficiency at the edge. Inefficient edge ~ 50  m Si CTS edgeless detectors Proton detection down to 10  beam,  + d (  beam,  = 80  600  m) To minimize d : detectors with highly reduced inactive edge (”edgeless”)

24. Parameters    = 2 m (standard step in LHC start-up)    = 90 m (early TOTEM optics)    = 1540 m (final TOTEM optics) Crossing angle0.0 N of bunches 156 43 N of part./bunch (4 – 9) x 10 10 3 x 10 10 Emittance  n [  m ∙ rad] 3.75 1 10  y beam width at RP220 [mm] ~ 36.250.8 Luminosity [cm -2 s -1 ](2 – 11) x 10 31 (5 – 25) x 10 29 1.6 x 10 28  * = 90 m ideal for early running: fits well into the LHC start-up running scenario; uses standard injection (  * = 11m)  easier to commission than 1540 m optics wide beam  ideal for training the RP operation (less sensitive to alignment)  * = 90 m optics proposal submitted to the LHCC and well received.

25. p p p p p T1/T2 RP CMS Elastic Trigger: Single Diffractive Trigger: Double Diffractive Trigger: Central Diffractive Trigger: Minimum Bias Trigger: (L = 1.6 x 10 28 cm -2 s -1 )

26. ∫ L dt = 2 nb -1 (5 hours @ 10 29 cm -2 s -1 ) (extrapol. - model) / model in d  /dt | t=0 Statistical extrapolation uncertainty Common bias due to beam divergence : – 2 % (angular spread flattens dN/dt distribution) Spread between most of the models: ±1% Systematic error due to uncertainty of optical functions: ± 3% Different parameterizations for extrapolation tested (e.g. const. B, linear continuation of B(t)): negligible impact

27. Diffractive scattering is a unique laboratory of confinement & QCD: A hard scale + protons which remain intact in the scattering process Forward protons observed, independent of their momentum losses Soft Hard Diffractive Scattering large b small b Valence quarks in a bag with r ~ 0.2fm Baryonic charge r~0.5fm Rapidity gap survival & ”underlying” event structures are intimately connected with a geometrical view of the scattering - eikonal approach ! Lorentz contracted longitudinal view  p p jet Elasticsoft SD hard SD hard DPE ln s rapidity Cross sections are large Measure  (M, ,t) 10mb ? 29mb ? 1mb ? Hard processes: Jet momenta correlated with the initial parton momenta. Soft processes: Coherent interactions -impact parameter picture. + ‘wee’ parton cloud - grows logarithmically b b soft DPE

28. Try to reach the Coulomb region and measure interference: move the detectors closer to the beam than 10  + 0.5 mm run at lower energy @ √s < 8 TeV Possibilities of  measurement asymptotic behaviour:  1 / ln s for s    pred. ~ 0.13 at LHC

29. 29 L = (  *) 1/2 sin(  (s))  Idea: L y large L x =0 v y = 0  y (220) =  /2  x (220) =  (parallel-to-point focussing on y)  (m)‏ hit distribution (elastic) x = L x  x * + v x x * +D  y = L y  y * + v y y * Optical Functions (  * = 90 m) v = (  *) 1/2 cos(  (s)) Optical functions: - L (effective length) - v (magnification) defined by  (betatron function) and  (phase advance); - D (machine dispersion)  describe the explicit path of particles through the magnetic elements as a function of the particle parameters at IP  p/p (x *, y * ): vertex position at IP (  x *,  y * ): emission angle at IP t = t x + t y t i ~ -(p  i * ) 2

30. Forward Physics: VHE Cosmic Ray Connection Interpreting cosmic ray data depends on hadronic simulation programs. Forward region poorly known/constr. Models differ by factor 2 or more. Need forward particle/energy measurements e.g. dN/d , dE/d  … Total multiplicity in T2 (5<  <7) p-p collisions @ LHC as predicted by generators tipically used to model hadronic showers generated by VHE CR

31. Machine Induced Background T1/T2 Detectors:  beam-gas interactions: prel. ext. ~ 14 Hz per beam; ~ 19 KHz for MB events (  MB = 80 mb, L = 2.4 ·10 29 cm -2 s -1 )  reduced by vertex reconstruction  muon halo (expected to be very small, not yet quantified) Roman Pot Detectors:  beam halo (protons out of design orbit): ext. (  * = 1540m) ~ 12·10 -4 /bunch  reduced by requiring coincidence between RP arms  beam-gas interactions: ext. (  * = 1540m) ~ 3·10 -4 /bunch after cuts  reduced with cuts on track angles and multiplicities  p-p collision (at IP) background: ext (  * = 1540m) ~ (0.4  2)·10 -4 /bunch after cuts  reduced with cuts on track angles and hit multiplicities Tot. elast. evts ~ 3 KHz (L = 10 29 cm -2 s -1 ); prel. expt. S/B ~ (0.6  0.7)·10 3

32. Expected Radiation Dose in CMS/TOTEM In 1 year @ L inst = 10 34 cm -2 s -1 At RPs locations =>