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The LHCb experiment has the unique possibility to measure interaction
of a few TeV protons with different gas targets, such as He, Ne,
Ar, and Xe. Excellent particle identification in the 10-100 GeV/c
momentum range allows to measure exclusive particle production at an
energy of sqrt(sNN) ~ 100 GeV in the forward direction at 2<eta<5.
The reported measurements of antiproton production in p-He, and
charm production in p-Ar collisions are the first results in the
series of such measurements. While the measured antiproton cross section
significantly constraints the existing calculations of the cosmic
rays fluxes that are relevant for the space-born experiments, the
open charm production can be usde to improve the prediction for
atmospheric neutrino in the IceCube experiment.