# Measurement of the forward energy flow in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 7 TeV

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## Abstract

The energy flow created in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV is studied within the pseudorapidity range 1.9<eta<4.9 with data collected by the LHCb experiment. The measurements are performed for inclusive minimum-bias interactions, hard scattering processes and events with an enhanced or suppressed diffractive contribution. The results are compared to predictions given by PYTHIA-based and cosmic-ray event generators, which provide different models of soft hadronic interactions.

## Figures and captions

 Charged energy flow as a function of $\eta$ for all event classes as indicated in the figures. The corrected measurements are given by points with error bars, while the predictions by the {\sc Pythia} tunes are shown as histograms. The error bars represent the systematic uncertainties, which are highly correlated between the bins. The statistical uncertainties are negligible. The ratios of MC predictions to data are shown in addition. Inclus[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [327 KiB] Thumbnail [292 KiB] *.C file HardQC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [323 KiB] Thumbnail [294 KiB] *.C file DiffrC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [303 KiB] Thumbnail [275 KiB] *.C file NonDif[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [335 KiB] Thumbnail [295 KiB] *.C file Charged energy flow as a function of $\eta$ for all event classes as indicated in the figures. The corrected measurements are given by points with error bars, while the predictions by the cosmic-ray interaction models are shown as histograms. The error bars represent the systematic uncertainties, which are highly correlated between the bins. The statistical uncertainties are negligible. The ratios of MC predictions to data are shown in addition. Inclus[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [315 KiB] Thumbnail [283 KiB] *.C file HardQC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [325 KiB] Thumbnail [286 KiB] *.C file DiffrC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [315 KiB] Thumbnail [276 KiB] *.C file NonDif[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [321 KiB] Thumbnail [291 KiB] *.C file Total energy flow as a function of $\eta$ for all event classes as indicated in the figures. The corrected measurements are given by points with error bars, while the predictions by the {\sc Pythia} tunes are shown as histograms. The data obtained with extrapolated $k_{\eta}$ factors are shown in grey. The error bars represent the systematic uncertainties, which are highly correlated between the bins. The statistical uncertainties are negligible. The ratios of MC predictions to data are shown in addition. Inclus[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [322 KiB] Thumbnail [284 KiB] *.C file HardQC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [340 KiB] Thumbnail [311 KiB] *.C file DiffrT[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [294 KiB] Thumbnail [262 KiB] *.C file NonDif[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [324 KiB] Thumbnail [285 KiB] *.C file Total energy flow as a function of $\eta$ for all event classes as indicated in the figures. The corrected measurements are given by points with error bars, while the predictions by the cosmic-ray interaction models are shown as histograms. The data obtained with extrapolated $k_{\eta}$ factors are shown in grey. The error bars represent the systematic uncertainties, which are highly correlated between the bins. The statistical uncertainties are negligible. The ratios of MC predictions to data are shown in addition. Inclus[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [308 KiB] Thumbnail [271 KiB] *.C file HardQC[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [314 KiB] Thumbnail [273 KiB] *.C file DiffrT[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [308 KiB] Thumbnail [262 KiB] *.C file NonDif[..].pdf [16 KiB] HiDef png [309 KiB] Thumbnail [273 KiB] *.C file Animated gif made out of all figures. PAPER-2012-034.gif Thumbnail

## Tables and captions

 Relative systematic uncertainties (in percent) affecting the energy flow measurements for all event classes. The total uncertainties are obtained by adding the individual sources in quadrature. The ranges indicate the variation of the uncertainty as a function of $\eta$. Table_1.pdf [52 KiB] HiDef png [119 KiB] Thumbnail [57 KiB] tex code Charged energy flow for all event classes and $\eta$ bins with the corresponding systematic uncertainties. The statistical uncertainties are insignificant and not listed. All values are in GeV per unit pseudorapidity interval. Table_2.pdf [32 KiB] HiDef png [97 KiB] Thumbnail [49 KiB] tex code Total energy flow for all event classes and $\eta$ bins with the corresponding systematic uncertainties. The statistical uncertainties are insignificant and not listed. All values are in GeV per unit pseudorapidity interval. Table_3.pdf [32 KiB] HiDef png [103 KiB] Thumbnail [52 KiB] tex code

Created on 11 July 2020.