Proton-Nucleus Collisions at the LHC: Scientific Opportunities and Requirements
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-05-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Proton-nucleus (p+A) collisions have long been recognized as a crucial component of the physics programme with nuclear beams at high energies, in particular for their reference role to interpret and understand nucleus-nucleus data as well as for their potential to elucidate the partonic structure of matter at low parton fractional momenta (small-x). Here, we summarize the main motivations that make a proton-nucleus run a decisive ingredient for a successful heavy-ion programme at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and we present unique scientific opportunities arising from these collisions. We also review the status of ongoing discussions about operation plans for the p+A mode at the LHC.
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@article{arxiv.1105.3919,
title = {Proton-Nucleus Collisions at the LHC: Scientific Opportunities and Requirements},
author = {C. A. Salgado and J. Alvarez-Muniz and F. Arleo and N. Armesto and M. Botje and M. Cacciari and J. Campbell and C. Carli and B. Cole and D. D'Enterria and F. Gelis and V. Guzey and K. Hencken and P. Jacobs and J. M. Jowett and S. R. Klein and F. Maltoni and A. Morsch and K. Piotrzkowski and J. W. Qiu and T. Satogata and F. Sikler and M. Strikman and H. Takai and R. Vogt and J. P. Wessels and S. N. White and U. A. Wiedemann and B. Wyslouch and M. Zhalov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.3919},
year = {2015}
}
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33 pages, 15 Figures