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In this paper a new method is described for determining the non-diffractive part of the inelastic proton–proton cross section, at the LHC centre of mass energy of 14 TeV. The method is based on counting the number of inelastic proton–proton interactions in the collision regions. According to a preliminary investigation, this measurement will be best suited for the initial low luminosity phase of the LHC. Knowledge of the proton–proton luminosity is likely to dominate the measurement uncertainty.
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Dawson, I., Prokofiev, K. Determining the inelastic proton–proton cross section at the large hadron collider using minimum bias events. Eur. Phys. J. C 51, 1009–1012 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0350-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0350-3