Rivet analyses

Measurement of inelastic interaction cross-section in pp collisions at 7 TeV for LHCb fiducial phase-space.

Experiment: LHCB (Large Hadron Collider (LHC))

Inspire ID: 1333223

Status: VALIDATED

Authors: - Alex Grecu

References: - JHEP02:129,2015 - DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2015)129 - arXiv: 1412.2500

Beams: p+ p+

Beam energies: (3500.0, 3500.0)GeV

Run details: - Proton-proton interactions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. LHCb minimum bias, inelastic events (elastic processes may be turned off).

LhCb measurement of the cross-section for inelastic proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV with at least one prompt stable charged particle of transverse momentum pT > 0.2 GeV/c and pseudorapidity (η) in the range 2.0 < η < 4.5. A prompt stable charged particle is defined as having the true impact parameter relative to the true primary vertex smaller than 200 μm.

Source code:LHCB_2015_I1333223.cc

// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Tools/Logging.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/ChargedFinalState.hh"
#include "Rivet/Math/Units.hh"
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

namespace Rivet {


  class  LHCB_2015_I1333223 : public Analysis {
  public:

    /// @name Constructors etc.
    /// @{

    /// Constructor
     LHCB_2015_I1333223()
      : Analysis("LHCB_2015_I1333223")
    {    }

    /// @}


  public:

    /// @name Analysis methods
    /// @{

    /// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
    void init() {
      // Charged particles
      declare(ChargedFinalState(Cuts::eta> 2.0 && Cuts::eta <4.5 && Cuts::pT >0.2*GeV), "CFS");
      // Reproducing only measurement for prompt charged particles
      book(_hInelasticXs ,1, 1, 1);
    }


    /// Perform the per-event analysis
    void analyze(const Event& event) {
      const ChargedFinalState   &cfs    = apply<ChargedFinalState> (event, "CFS");

      // eliminate non-inelastic events and empty events in LHCb
      if (cfs.particles().size() == 0) vetoEvent;

      // See if this event has at least one prompt particle
      for (const Particle &myp : cfs.particles()){
          double dPV = getPVDCA(myp);
          // if IP > 200 microns the particle is not considered prompt
          if ((dPV < 0.) || (dPV > 0.2 * millimeter)) {
            MSG_DEBUG(" Vetoing " << myp.pid() << " at " << dPV);
            continue;
          }
          // histo gets filled only for inelastic events (at least one prompt charged particle)
          _hInelasticXs->fill(sqrtS());
          break;
      } //end loop on particles

    }


    /// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
    void finalize() {
      scale(_hInelasticXs, crossSection()/sumOfWeights()/millibarn);
    }

    /// @}


  private:

    /// Compute distance of closest approach in z range for one particle.
    /// Returns -1 if unable to compute the DCA to PV.
    double getPVDCA(const Particle& p) {
      ConstGenVertexPtr vtx = p.genParticle()->production_vertex();
      if ( 0 == vtx ) return -1.;

      // Unit vector of particle's MOMENTUM three vector
      const Vector3 u = p.momentum().p3().unit();

      // The interaction point is always at (0, 0,0,0) hence the
      // vector pointing from the PV to the particle production vertex is:
      Vector3 d(vtx->position().x(), vtx->position().y(), vtx->position().z());

      // Subtract projection of d onto u from d
      double proj = d.dot(u);
      d -= (u * proj);

      // d should be orthogonal to u and it's length give the distance of
      // closest approach
      return d.mod();
    }


    /// @name Histograms
    /// @{
    Histo1DPtr _hInelasticXs;
    /// @}
    //
  };



  RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(LHCB_2015_I1333223);

}