INFN What Next: Ultra-relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
Abstract
This document was prepared by the community that is active in Italy, within INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), in the field of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The experimental study of the phase diagram of strongly-interacting matter and of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) deconfined state will proceed, in the next 10-15 years, along two directions: the high-energy regime at RHIC and at the LHC, and the low-energy regime at FAIR, NICA, SPS and RHIC. The Italian community is strongly involved in the present and future programme of the ALICE experiment, the upgrade of which will open, in the 2020s, a new phase of high-precision characterisation of the QGP properties at the LHC. As a complement of this main activity, there is a growing interest in a possible future experiment at the SPS, which would target the search for the onset of deconfinement using dimuon measurements. On a longer timescale, the community looks with interest at the ongoing studies and discussions on a possible fixed-target programme using the LHC ion beams and on the Future Circular Collider.
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@article{arxiv.1602.04120,
title = {INFN What Next: Ultra-relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions},
author = {A. Dainese and E. Scomparin and G. Usai and P. Antonioli and R. Arnaldi and A. Beraudo and E. Bruna and G. E. Bruno and S. Bufalino and P. Di Nezza and M. P. Lombardo and R. Nania and F. Noferini and C. Oppedisano and S. Piano and F. Prino and A. Rossi and M. Agnello and W. M. Alberico and B. Alessandro and A. Alici and G. Andronico and F. Antinori and S. Arcelli and A. Badala and A. M. Barbano and R. Barbera and F. Barile and M. Basile and F. Becattini and C. Bedda and F. Bellini and S. Beole and L. Bianchi and C. Bianchin and C. Bonati and F. Bossu and E. Botta and D. Caffarri and P. Camerini and F. Carnesecchi and E. Casula and P. Cerello and C. Cicalo and M. L. Cifarelli and F. Cindolo and F. Colamaria and D. Colella and M. Colocci and Y. Corrales Morales and P. Cortese and A. De Caro and G. De Cataldo and A. De Falco and D. De Gruttola and M. D'Elia and N. De Marco and S. De Pasquale and D. Di Bari and D. Elia and A. Fantoni and A. Feliciello and A. Ferretti and A. Festanti and F. Fionda and G. Fiorenza and E. Fragiacomo and G. G. Fronze and M. Fusco Girard and M. Gagliardi and M. Gallio and K. Garg and P. Giubellino and V. Greco and E. Grossi and B. Guerzoni and D. Hatzifotiadou and E. Incani and G. M. Innocenti and N. Jacazio and S. Kumar Das and P. La Rocca and R. Lea and L. Leardini and M. Leoncino and M. Lunardon and G. Luparello and V. Mantovani Sarti and V. Manzari and M. Marchisone and G. V. Margagliotti and M. Masera and A. Masoni and A. Mastroserio and M. Mazzilli and M. A. Mazzoni and E. Meninno and M. Mesiti and L. Milano and S. Moretto and V. Muccifora and E. Nappi and M. Nardi and M. Nicassio and P. Pagano and G. S. Pappalardo and C. Pastore and B. Paul and C. Petta and O. Pinazza and S. Plumari and R. Preghenella and M. Puccio and G. Puddu and L. Ramello and C. Ratti and I. Ravasenga and F. Riggi and F. Ronchetti and A. Rucci and M. Ruggieri and R. Rui and S. Sakai and E. Scapparone and F. Scardina and F. Scarlassara and G. Scioli and S. Siddhanta and M. Sitta and F. Soramel and M. Suljic and C. Terrevoli and S. Trogolo and G. Trombetta and R. Turrisi and E. Vercellin and G. Vino and T. Virgili and G. Volpe and M. C. S. Williams and C. Zampolli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04120},
year = {2016}
}
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99 pages, 56 figures