https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159504010
Latest LHCf results and preparation to the LHC run for 13 TeV proton–proton interactions
1 INFN Section of Florence, Italy
2 University of Florence, Italy
3 IFAC-CNR, Italy
4 Ecole-Polytechnique, France
5 Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan
6 Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Japan
7 RISE, Waseda University, Japan
8 Graduate school of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
9 CERN, Switzerland
10 Kanagawa University, Japan
11 INFN Section of Catania, Italy
12 University of Catania, Italy
13 LBNL, Berkeley, USA
14 Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
a e-mail: Lorenzo.Bonechi@fi.infn.it
Published online: 29 May 2015
The LHCf experiment is a CERN experiment dedicated to forward physics which is optimized to measure the neutral particle flow at extreme pseudo-rapidity values, ranging from 8.4 up to infinity. LHCf results are extremely important for the calibration of the hadronic interaction models used for the study of the development of atmospheric showers in the Earth atmosphere. Starting from the recent run of proton-Lead nucleus interactions at LHC, the LHCf and ATLAS collaborations have performed a common data taking which allows a combined study of the central and forward regions of the interaction. The latest results of LHCf, the upgrade of the detectors for the next 6.5 TeV + 6.5 TeV proton–proton run and the status of the LHCf-ATLAS common activities are summarized in this paper.
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