{ "id": "hep-ex/0612049", "version": "v1", "published": "2006-12-21T14:46:57.000Z", "updated": "2006-12-21T14:46:57.000Z", "title": "TOTEM: The experiment to measure the total proton-proton cross section at LHC", "authors": [ "Stefano Lami" ], "comment": "6 pages, 7 figures, Proceedings XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006), Weihai, China, August 15-22, 2006", "journal": "Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.175-176:42-47,2008", "doi": "10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.10.006", "categories": [ "hep-ex" ], "abstract": "The current large uncertainty on the extrapolation of the proton-proton total cross section at the LHC energy will be resolved by the precise measurement by the TOTEM experiment. Its accurate studies on the basic properties of proton-proton collisions at the maximum accelerator energy could provide a significant contribution to the understanding of cosmic ray physics.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2006-12-21T14:46:57.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "total proton-proton cross section", "experiment", "proton-proton total cross section", "current large uncertainty", "cosmic ray physics" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 735403 } } }