Heavy-Ion Physics at a Fixed-Target Experiment Using the LHC Proton and Lead Beams (AFTER@LHC): Feasibility Studies for Quarkonium and Drell–Yan Production

Being used in the fixed-target mode, the multi-TeV LHC proton and lead beams allow for studies of heavy-flavour hadroproduction with unprecedented precision at backward rapidities, far negative Feynman-x, using conventional detection techniques. At the nominal LHC energies, quarkonia can be studied in detail inp+p,p+d, andp+Acollisions atsNN≃115 GeV and in Pb +pand Pb +Acollisions atsNN≃72 GeV with luminosities roughly equivalent to that of the collider mode that is up to 20 fb−1 yr−1inp+pandp+dcollisions, up to 0.6 fb−1 yr−1inp+Acollisions, and up to 10 nb−1 yr−1in Pb +Acollisions. In this paper, we assess the feasibility of such studies by performing fast simulations using the performance of a LHCb-like detector.

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Feasibility Studies for Single Transverse-Spin Asymmetry Measurements at a Fixed-Target Experiment Using the LHC Proton and Lead Beams (AFTER@LHC)

Few-Body Systems ◽

10.1007/s00601-017-1299-x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Daniel Kikoła ◽

Miguel García Echevarria ◽

Cynthia Hadjidakis ◽

Jean-Philippe Lansberg ◽

Cédric Lorcé ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spin Asymmetry ◽

Feasibility Studies ◽

Transverse Spin ◽

Fixed Target ◽

Target Experiment ◽

Fixed Target Experiment

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Performance of the BM@N GEM/CSC tracking system at the Nuclotron beam

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201920407009 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 204 ◽

pp. 07009 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Galavanov ◽

M. Kapishin ◽

K. Kapusniak ◽

V. Karjavine ◽

S. Khabarov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tracking System ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽

Fixed Target ◽

Ion Collisions ◽

Target Experiment ◽

Cathode Strip ◽

Nuclotron Accelerator ◽

Gem Detectors ◽

Fixed Target Experiment

BM@N (Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron) is a fixed target experiment aimed to study nuclear matter in the relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Nuclotron accelerator in JINR. The BM@N tracking system is based on Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) detectors mounted inside the BM@N analyzing magnet. The Cathode Strip Chamber (CSC) is installed outside the magnet. The CSC is used for improvement of particles momentum identification. The structure of the GEM detectors and the CSC prototype and the results of study of their characteristics are presented. The GEM detectors and CSC are integrated into the BM@N experimental setup and data acquisition system. The results of first tests of the GEM tracking system and CSC in last runs are shortly reviewed.

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The fixed target experiment for studies of baryonic matter at the Nuclotron (BM@N)

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201818202061 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 182 ◽

pp. 02061 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mikhail Kapishin

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Ion Beams ◽

Experimental Program ◽

Baryonic Matter ◽

Accelerator Complex ◽

Fixed Target ◽

Target Experiment ◽

Fixed Target Experiment

BM@N (Baryonic Matter at Nuclotron) is the first experiment to be realized at the accelerator complex of NICA-Nuclotron. The aim of the BM@N experiment is to study interactions of relativistic heavy ion beams with fixed targets. The BM@N setup, results of Monte Carlo simulations, the BM@N experimental program and results of technical runs are presented.

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Prospects for Open Heavy Flavor Measurements in Heavy Ion andp+ACollisions in a Fixed-Target Experiment at the LHC

Advances in High Energy Physics ◽

10.1155/2015/783134 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Kikoła

Keyword(s):

Energy Range ◽

High Precision ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Intermediate Energy ◽

Heavy Flavor ◽

Fixed Target ◽

Precision Data ◽

Charm Quarks ◽

Target Experiment ◽

Fixed Target Experiment

High luminosity data in a fixed-target experiment allow studying interactions of heavy quarks with nuclear matter in the intermediate energy range with extremely high precision. We present a feasibility study for open charm and bottom production measurements in the energy range of a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC). We demonstrate, that high-precision data from AFTER will allow answering two open questions: if there is a collective behavior of charm quarks inp+Acollisions at RHIC energy and if charm production is suppressed in the energy range ofsNN= 60–80 GeV. We argue that simultaneous measurement ofD0suppression as a function of traverse momentum at midrapidity and forward rapidity can help to pin down the mechanism of charm energy loss in the hot and dense nuclear medium.

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J-PARC heavy ion experiment

International Journal of Modern Physics E ◽

10.1142/s0218301320400054 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 2040005

Author(s):

Takashi Hachiya

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Ion Beam ◽

Dense Matter ◽

Heavy Ion ◽

Current Status ◽

Fixed Target ◽

Ion Collisions ◽

Target Experiment ◽

Large Acceptance ◽

Fixed Target Experiment

J-PARC Heavy Ion project (J-PARC-HI) is a future fixed target experiment to study the properties of the dense matter created by the heavy-ion collisions with 1–12[Formula: see text]AGeV/[Formula: see text] at J-PARC. This project aims to search for the QCD phase boundary and its critical endpoint and to study the equation of state of the dense matter at J-PARC. For this purpose, the high-intensity beam and the precision detector with high-speed DAQ are necessary. J-PARC will be upgraded to produce the world’s highest intensity of heavy-ion beam by adding a new compact heavy-ion linac and a booster ring and utilizing the existing RCS and MR synchrotrons. We will construct the multi-purpose spectrometer with a large acceptance to measure hadrons, dileptons and photons, and their correlations and fluctuations. In these proceedings, we will report the current status of the project, the design of the detector configuration, and detector R&D.

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