Luminosity measuring processes at the LHC

Authors :: R. Orava
V. A. Khoze
M. G. Ryskin
Alan D. Martin
Source :: The European Physical Journal C. 19:313-322
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2001.
Abstract: We study the theoretical accuracy of various methods that have been proposed to measure the luminosity of the LHC pp collider, as well as for Run II of the Tevatron p barp collider. In particular we consider methods based on (i) the total and forward elastic data, (ii) lepton-pair production and (iii) W and Z production.