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The TOTEM Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
The TOTEM Collaboration1, G Anelli1, G Antchev1, P Aspell1, V Avati1,9, M G Bagliesi5, V Berardi4, M Berretti5, V Boccone2, U Bottigli5, M Bozzo2, E Brücken6, A Buzzo2, F Cafagna4, M Calicchio4, F Capurro2, M G Catanesi4, P L Catastini5, R Cecchi5, S Cerchi2, R Cereseto2, M A Ciocci5, S Cuneo2, C Da Vià11, E David1, M Deile1, E Dimovasili1,9, M Doubrava10, K Eggert1, V Eremin12, F Ferro2, A Foussat1, M Galuška10, F Garcia6, F Gherarducci5, S Giani1, V Greco5, J Hasi11, F Haug1, J Heino6, T Hilden6, P Jarron1, C Joram1, J Kalliopuska6, J Kaplon1, J Kašpar1,7, V Kundrát7, K Kurvinen6, J M Lacroix1, S Lami5, G Latino5, R Lauhakangas6, E Lippmaa8, M Lokajíček7, M Lo Vetere2, F Lucas Rodriguez1, D Macina1, M Macrí2, C Magazzù5, G Magazzù5, A Magri2, G Maire1, A Manco2, M Meucci5, S Minutoli2, A Morelli2, P Musico2, M Negri2, H Niewiadomski1,9, E Noschis1, G Notarnicola4, E Oliveri5, F Oljemark6, R Orava6, M Oriunno1, A-L Perrot1, K Österberg6, R Paoletti5, E Pedreschi5, J Petäjäjärvi6, P Pollovio2, M Quinto4, E Radermacher1, E Radicioni4, S Rangod1, F Ravotti1, G Rella4, E Robutti2, L Ropelewski1, G Ruggiero1, A Rummel8, H Saarikko6, G Sanguinetti5, A Santroni2, A Scribano5, G Sette2, W Snoeys1, F Spinella5, P Squillacioti5, A Ster13, C Taylor3, A Tazzioli5, D Torazza2, A Trovato2, A Trummal8, N Turini5, V Vacek1,10, N Van Remortel6, V Vinš10, S Watts11, J Whitmore9 and J Wu1
Published 14 August 2008 •
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
Journal of Instrumentation,
Volume 3,
August 2008
Citation The TOTEM Collaboration et al 2008 JINST3 S08007DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/3/08/S08007
The TOTEM Experiment will measure the total pp cross-section with the
luminosity-independent method and
study elastic and diffractive scattering at the LHC. To achieve optimum forward
coverage for charged particles emitted by the pp collisions in
the interaction point IP5,
two tracking telescopes, T1 and T2, will be installed on each side
in the pseudorapidity region 3.1 ⩽ |η| ⩽ 6.5,
and Roman Pot stations will be placed at distances of ±147 m and
±220 m from IP5. Being an independent experiment but technically
integrated into CMS, TOTEM will first operate in standalone mode
to pursue its own physics programme and at a later stage
together with CMS for a common physics programme.
This article gives a description of the TOTEM apparatus and its performance.
