By extracting the beam with a bent crystal or by using an internal gas target, the multi-TeV proton and lead LHC beams allow one to perform the most energetic fixed-target experiments ever and to study pp, pd and pA collisions at sNN‾‾‾‾√=115 GeV and Pbp and PbA collisions at sNN‾‾‾‾√=72 GeV with high precision and modern detection techniques. Such studies would address open questions in the domain of the nucleon and nucleus partonic structure at high-x, quark-gluon plasma and, by using longitudinally or transversally polarised targets, spin physics. In this paper, we will review the technical solutions to obtain a high-luminosity fixed-target experiment at the LHC and will discuss their possible implementations with the ALICE and LHCb detectors.
High-luminosity fixed-target experiments at the LHC / Hadjidakis, C., Brodsky, S.J., Cavoto, G., Da Silva, C.L., Donato, F., Echevarria, M.G., Ferreiro, E.G., Hrivnacova, I., Kikola, D., Klein, A., Kurepin, A., Kusina, A., Lansberg, J., Lorcé, C., Lyonnet, F., Makdisi, Y.I., Massacrier, L., Porteboeuf, S., Quintans, C., Rakotozafindrabe, A., et al.. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - (2019), p. 041. (Hard Probes 2018: International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions Aix-les-bains, France ) [10.22323/1.345.0041].
High-luminosity fixed-target experiments at the LHC
Cavoto, Gianluca;
2019
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By extracting the beam with a bent crystal or by using an internal gas target, the multi-TeV proton and lead LHC beams allow one to perform the most energetic fixed-target experiments ever and to study pp, pd and pA collisions at sNN‾‾‾‾√=115 GeV and Pbp and PbA collisions at sNN‾‾‾‾√=72 GeV with high precision and modern detection techniques. Such studies would address open questions in the domain of the nucleon and nucleus partonic structure at high-x, quark-gluon plasma and, by using longitudinally or transversally polarised targets, spin physics. In this paper, we will review the technical solutions to obtain a high-luminosity fixed-target experiment at the LHC and will discuss their possible implementations with the ALICE and LHCb detectors.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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