Physics opportunities with a fixed target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

C. Hadjidakis; M. Anselmino; R. Arnaldi; S. J. Brodsky; V. Chambert; C. da Silva; J. P. Didelez; M. G. Echevarria; E. G. Ferreiro; F. Fleuret; Y. Gao; B. Genolini; I. Hřivnáčová; D. Kikola; A. Klein; A. Kurepin; A. Kusina; J. P. Lansberg; C. Lorcé; F. Lyonnet; G. Martinez; L. Massacrier; A. Nass; C. Pisano; P. Robbe; I. Schienbein; M. Schlegel; E. Scomparin; J. Seixas; H. S. Shao; A. Signori; E. Steffens; L. Szymanowski; N. Topilskaya; B. Trzeciak; U. I. Uggerhøj; A. Uras; R. Ulrich; J. Wagner; N. Yamanaka; Z. Yang

Physics opportunities with a fixed target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

C. Hadjidakis
, M. Anselmino
, R. Arnaldi
, S. J. Brodsky
, V. Chambert
, C. da Silva
, J. P. Didelez
, M. G. Echevarria
, E. G. Ferreiro
, F. Fleuret
, Y. Gao
, B. Genolini
, I. Hřivnáčová
, D. Kikola
, A. Klein
, A. Kurepin
, A. Kusina
, J. P. Lansberg
, C. Lorcé
, F. Lyonnet

G. Martinez, L. Massacrier, A. Nass, C. Pisano, P. Robbe, I. Schienbein, M. Schlegel, E. Scomparin, J. Seixas, H. S. Shao, A. Signori, E. Steffens, L. Szymanowski, N. Topilskaya, B. Trzeciak, U. I. Uggerhøj, A. Uras, R. Ulrich, J. Wagner, N. Yamanaka, Z. Yang

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Abstract

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 (AFTER@LHC) and to study p+p and p+A collisions at √s_NN=115 GeV and Pb+p and Pb+A collisions at √s_NN=72 GeV. 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 discuss the physics opportunities of a fixed-target experiment at the LHC and we report on the possible technical implementations of a high-luminosity experiment. We finally present feasibility studies for Drell-Yan, open heavy-flavour and quarkonium production, with an emphasis on high-x and spin physics.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	324
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Event	17th International Workshop on Polarized Sources, Targets and Polarimetry, PSTP 2017 - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of Duration: 16 Oct 2017 → 20 Oct 2017

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Hadjidakis, C., Anselmino, M., Arnaldi, R., Brodsky, S. J., Chambert, V., da Silva, C., Didelez, J. P., Echevarria, M. G., Ferreiro, E. G., Fleuret, F., Gao, Y., Genolini, B., Hřivnáčová, I., Kikola, D., Klein, A., Kurepin, A., Kusina, A., Lansberg, J. P., Lorcé, C., ... Yang, Z. (2017). Physics opportunities with a fixed target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC). Proceedings of Science, 324.

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Physics opportunities with a fixed target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

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