pp Collisions: Introduction

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pp Collisions Introduction Kinematics
Talking points based on Lectures by Hebbeker
(Aachen) Baden (Maryland) Original Notes
Extra material posted on http//hepuser.ucsd.edu/t
wiki/bin/view/CMSPhysics/CMSBrownBag
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Fixed Target Vs Collider
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Nucleon-nucleon Scattering in Colliding
Environment

• Forward-forward scattering, no disassociation

b gtgt 2 rp
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Single-diffractive scattering

• One of the 2 nucleons disassociates

b 2 rp
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Double-diffractive scattering

• Both nucleons disassociates

b lt rp
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Proton-(anti)Proton Collisions

• At high energies we are probing the nucleon
  structure
• High means Ebeam gtgt hc/rproton 1 GeV
  (Ebeam1TeV_at_FNAL, 7TeV_at_LHC)
• We are really doing partonparton scattering
  (parton quark, gluon)
• Look for scatterings with large momentum
  transfer, ends up in detector central region
  (large angles wrt beam direction)
• Each parton has a momentum distribution CM of
  hard scattering is not fixed as in ee-
• CM of partonparton system will be moving along
  z-axis with some boost
• This motivates studying boosts along z

• Whats left over from the other partons is
  called the underlying event
• If no hard scattering happens, can still have
  disassociation
• Underlying event with no hard scattering is
  called minimum bias

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Total Cross-section

• By far most of the processes in nucleon-nucleon
  scattering are described by
• s(Total) s(scattering) s(single diffractive)
  s(double diffractive)
• This can be naively estimated.
• s 4prp2 100mb
• Total cross-section stuff is NOT the reason we do
  these experiments!
• Examples of interesting physics _at_ Tevatron (2
  TeV)
• W production and decay via lepton
• s?Br(W? en) 2nb
• 1 in 5x107 collisions
• Z production and decay to lepton pairs
• About 1/10 that of W to leptons
• Top quark production
• s(total) 5pb
• 1 in 2x1010 collisions

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Cross Section in pp Collision
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pz
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Phase Space Rapidity

• Relativistic invariant phase-space element
• Define pp/pp collision axis along z-axis
• Coordinates pm (E,px,py,pz) Invariance with
  respect to boosts along z?
• 2 longitudinal components E pz (and dpz/E)
  NOT invariant
• 2 transverse components px py, (and dpx, dpy)
  ARE invariant
• Boosts along z-axis
• For convenience define pm where only 1
  component is not Lorentz invariant
• Choose pT, m, f as the transverse (invariant)
  coordinates
• pT ? psin(q) and f is the azimuthal angle
• For 4th coordinate define rapidity (y)

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Rapidity Boosts Along beam-axis

• Form a boost of velocity b along z axis
• pz ? g(pz bE)
• E ? g(E bpz)
• Transform rapidity
• Boosts along the beam axis with vb will change y
  by a constant yb
• (pT,y,f,m) ? (pT,yyb,f,m) with y ? y yb , yb
  ? ln g(1b) simple additive to rapidity
• Relationship between y, b, and q can be seen
  using pz pcos(q) and p bE

or where
b is the CM boost
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Phase Space (cont)

• Transform phase space element dt from
  (E,px,py,pz) to (pt, y, f, m)
• Gives
• Basic quantum mechanics ds M 2dt
• If M 2 varies slowly with respect to rapidity,
  ds/dy will be constant in y
• Origin of the rapidity plateau for the min bias
  and underlying event structure
• Apply to jet fragmentation - particles should be
  uniform in rapidity wrt jet axis
• We expect jet fragmentation to be function of
  momentum perpendicular to jet axis
• This is tested in detectors that have a magnetic
  field used to measure tracks

using
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Pseudorapidity and Real rapidity

• Definition of y tanh(y) b cos(q)
• Can almost (but not quite) associate position in
  the detector (q) with rapidity (y)
• Butat Tevatron and LHC, most particles in the
  detector (gt90) are ps with b ?1
• Define pseudo-rapidity defined as h ?
  y(q,b1), or tanh(h) cos(q) or

(h5, q0.77)
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h vs y

• From tanh(h) cos(q) tanh(y)/b
• We see that ?h? ? ?y?
• Processes flat in rapidity y will not be flat
  in pseudo-rapidity h

1.4 GeV p
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h y and pT Calorimater Cells

• At colliders, cm can be moving with respect to
  detector frame
• Lots of longitudinal momentum can escape down
  beam pipe
• But transverse momentum pT is conserved in the
  detector
• Plot h-y for constant mp, pT ? b(q)
• For all h in DØ/CDF, can use h position to give
  y
• Pions h-y lt 0.1 for pT gt 0.1GeV
• Protons h-y lt 0.1 for pT gt 2.0GeV
• As b ?1, y? h (so much for pseudo)

pT0.1GeV
DØ calorimeter cell width Dh0.1
pT0.2GeV
pT0.3GeV
CMS HCAL cell width 0.08 CMS ECAL cell width
0.005
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Claudios HW, 1st week Fall Quarter
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Claudios HW, 1st week Fall Quarter
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Transverse Energy and Momentum Definitions

• Transverse Momentum momentum perpendicular to
  beam direction
• Transverse Energy defined as the energy if pz was
  identically 0 ET?E(pz0)
• How does E and pz change with the boost along
  beam direction?
• Using and
  gives
• (remember boosts cause y ? y yb)
• Note that the sometimes used formula
  is not (strictly) correct!
• But its close more later.

or
then
or which also
means
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Invariant Mass M1,2 of 2 particles p1, p2

• Well defined
• Switch to pm? (pT,y,f,m) (and do some algebra)
• This gives
• With bT ? pT/ET
• Note
• For Dy ? 0 and Df ? 0, high momentum limit M ?
  0 angles generate mass
• For b ?1 (m/p ? 0)
• This is a useful formula when analyzing data

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Invariant Mass, multi particles

• Extend to more than 2 particles
• In the high energy limit as m/p ? 0 for each
  particle
• Multi-particle invariant masses where each mass
  is negligible no need to id
• Example t ?Wb and W ?jetjet
• Find M(jet,jet,b) by just adding the 3 2-body
  invariant masses
• Doesnt matter which one you call the b-jet and
  which the other jets as long as you are in the
  high energy limit

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Transverse Mass
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Measured momentum conservation

• Momentum conservation
  and
• What we measure using the calorimeter
  and
• For processes with high energy neutrinos in the
  final state
• We measure pn by missing pT method
• e.g. W ? en or mn
• Longitudinal momentum of neutrino cannot be
  reliably estimated
• Missing measured longitudinal momentum also due
  to CM energy going down beam pipe due to the
  other (underlying) particles in the event
• This gets a lot worse at LHC where there are
  multiple pp interactions per crossing
• Most of the interactions dont involve hard
  scattering so it looks like a busier underlying
  event

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Transverse Mass

• Since we dont measure pz of neutrino, cannot
  construct invariant mass of W
• What measurements/constraints do we have?
• Electron 4-vector
• Neutrino 2-d momentum (pT) and m0
• So construct transverse mass MT by
• Form transverse 4-momentum by ignoring pz (or
  set pz0)
• Form transverse mass from these 4-vectors
• This is equivalent to setting h1h20
• For e/m and n, set me mm mn 0 to get

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Transverse Mass Kinematics for W-gt l nu

• Transverse mass distribution?
• Start with
• Constrain to MW80GeV and pT(W)0
• cosDf -1
• ETe ETn
• This gives you ETeETn versus Dh
• Now construct transverse mass
• Cleary MTMW when Dh0

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Neutrino Rapidity

• Can you constrain M(e,n) to determine the
  pseudo-rapidity of the n?
• Would be nice, then you could veto on qn in
  crack regions
• Use M(e,n) 80GeV and
• Since we know he, we know that hnhe Dh
• Two solutions. Neutrino can be either higher or
  lower in rapidity than electron
• Why? Because invariant mass involves the opening
  angle between particles.
• Clean up sample of Ws by requiring both
  solutions are away from gaps?

to get
and solve for Dh
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Rapidity plateau
some useful formulae

• Constant pt, rapidity plateau means ds/dy k
• How does that translate into ds/dh ?
• Calculate dy/dh keeping m, and pt constant
• After much algebra dy/dh b(h)
• pseudo-rapidity plateauonly for b ?1

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