Eur Phys J C (2004) 34: s255-s268
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjcd/s2004-04-024-8

V. Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation avy

The TOTEM experiment

¹ Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, Brunel University, Uxbridge (United Kingdom),  
² CERN, Geneva, (Switzerland),  
³ ILK, Institut für Luft und Kältetechnik, Dresden, (Germany),  
⁴ INFN Sez. di Genova and Universitá di Genova, Genoa (Italy),  
⁵ Institut des Sciences Nucléaires, IN2P3, Grenoble, (France),  
⁶ High Energy Physics Division, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland),  
⁷ Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki (Finland),  
⁸ Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha (Czech Republic),  
⁹ LAPP Annecy, (France),  
¹⁰ INFN Sez. di Pisa, Pisa (Italy),  

Received: 31 July 2003
Accepted: 10 November 2003
Published online: 13 July 2004

Abstract

TOTEM will measure the total pp cross-section at LHC by using a luminosity independent method based on simultaneous evaluation of the total elastic and inelastic rates. For an extended coverage of the inelastic and diffractive events, two forward tracking telescope are employed. The elastically or diffractively scattered protons are measured by a set of special detectors, which can be moved close to the circulating protons beams. The paper describes the physics reach of the experiment and the detectors which are being considered.

PACS: 25.70.Ef – 21.60.Gx – 27.30.+t