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Two-particle correlations in azimuthal angle and pseudorapidity in central $^7$Be+$^9$Be collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

A measurement of charged hadron pair correlations in two-dimensional $\Delta\eta\Delta\phi$ space is presented. The analysis is based on total 30 million central Be+Be collisions observed in the NA61/SHINE detector at the CERN SPS for…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-01-25 SHINE Collaboration , A. Aduszkiewicz , E. V. Andronov , T. Antićić , V. Babkin , M. Baszczyk , S. Bhosale , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Brandin , A. Bravar , W. Bryliński , J. Brzychczyk , M. Buryakov , O. Busygina , A. Bzdak , H. Cherif , M. Ćirković , M. Csanad , J. Cybowska , T. Czopowicz , A. Damyanova , N. Davis , M. Deliyergiyev , M. Deveaux , A. Dmitriev , W. Dominik , P. Dorosz , J. Dumarchez , R. Engel , G. A. Feofilov , L. Fields , Z. Fodor , A. Garibov , M. Gaździcki , O. Golosov , V. Golovatyuk , M. Golubeva , K. Grebieszkow , F. Guber , A. Haesler , S. N. Igolkin , S. Ilieva , A. Ivashkin , S. R. Johnson , K. Kadija , N. Kargin , E. Kashirin , M. Kiełbowicz , V. A. Kireyeu , V. Klochkov , V. I. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , A. Korzenev , V. N. Kovalenko , S. Kowalski , M. Koziel , A. Krasnoperov , W. Kucewicz , M. Kuich , A. Kurepin , D. Larsen , A. László , T. V. Lazareva , M. Lewicki , K. Łojek , V. V. Lyubushkin , M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska , Z. Majka , B. Maksiak , A. I. Malakhov , A. Marcinek , A. D. Marino , K. Marton , H. -J. Mathes , T. Matulewicz , V. Matveev , G. L. Melkumov , A. O. Merzlaya , B. Messerly , Ł. Mik , S. Morozov , S. Mrówczyński , Y. Nagai , M. Naskręt , V. Ozvenchuk , V. Paolone , O. Petukhov , R. Płaneta , P. Podlaski , B. A. Popov , B. Porfy , M. Posiadała-Zezula , D. S. Prokhorova , D. Pszczel , S. Puławski , J. Puzović , M. Ravonel , R. Renfordt , D. Röhrich , E. Rondio , M. Roth , B. T. Rumberger , M. Rumyantsev , A. Rustamov , M. Rybczynski , A. Rybicki , A. Sadovsky , K. Schmidt , I. Selyuzhenkov , A. Yu. Seryakov , P. Seyboth , M. Słodkowski , P. Staszel , G. Stefanek , J. Stepaniak , M. Strikhanov , H. Ströbele , T. Šuša , A. Taranenko , A. Tefelska , D. Tefelski , V. Tereshchenko , A. Toia , R. Tsenov , L. Turko , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , D. Uzhva , F. F. Valiev , D. Veberič , V. V. Vechernin , A. Wickremasinghe , Z. Włodarczyk , K. Wojcik , O. Wyszyński , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

A facility to Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) at the CERN SPS

A new general purpose fixed target facility is proposed at the CERN SPS accelerator which is aimed at exploring the domain of hidden particles and make measurements with tau neutrinos. Hidden particles are predicted by a large number of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-21 SHiP Collaboration , M. Anelli , S. Aoki , G. Arduini , J. J. Back , A. Bagulya , W. Baldini , A. Baranov , G. J. Barker , S. Barsuk , M. Battistin , J. Bauche , A. Bay , V. Bayliss , L. Bellagamba , G. Bencivenni , M. Bertani , O. Bezshyyko , D. Bick , N. Bingefors , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Boyarsky , D. Bonacorsi , D. Bondarenko , W. Bonivento , J. Borburgh , T. Bradshaw , R. Brenner , D. Breton , N. Brook , M. Bruschi , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , S. Cadeddu , A. Calcaterra , M. Calviani , M. Campanelli , C. Capoccia , A. Cecchetti , A. Chatterjee , J. Chauveau , A. Chepurnov , M. Chernyavskiy , P. Ciambrone , C. Cicalo , G. Conti , K. Cornelis , M. Courthold , M. G. Dallavalle , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , L. Dedenko , A. Di Crescenzo , N. Di Marco , C. Dib , J. Dietrich , H. Dijkstra , D. Domenici , S. Donskov , D. Druzhkin , J. Ebert , U. Egede , A. Egorov , V. Egorychev , M. A. El Alaoui , T. Enik , A. Etenko , F. Fabbri , L. Fabbri , G. Fedorova , G. Felici , M. Ferro-Luzzi , R. A. Fini , M. Franke , M. Fraser , G. Galati , B. Giacobbe , B. Goddard , L. Golinka-Bezshyyko , D. Golubkov , A. Golutvin , D. Gorbunov , E. Graverini , J-L Grenard , A. M. Guler , C. Hagner , H. Hakobyan , J. C. Helo , E. van Herwijnen , D. Horvath , M. Iacovacci , G. Iaselli , R. Jacobsson , I. Kadenko , M. Kamiscioglu , C. Kamiscioglu , G. Khaustov , A. Khotjansev , B. Kilminster , V. Kim , N. Kitagawa , K. Kodama , A. Kolesnikov , D. Kolev , M. Komatsu , N. Konovalova , S. Koretskiy , I. Korolko , A. Korzenev , S. Kovalenko , Y. Kudenko , E. Kuznetsova , H. Lacker , A. Lai , G. Lanfranchi , A. Lauria , H. Lebbolo , J. -M. Levy , L. Lista , P. Loverre , A. Lukiashin , V. E. Lyubovitskij , A. Malinin , M. Manfredi , A. Perillo-Marcone , A. Marrone , R. Matev , E. N. Messomo , P. Mermod , S. Mikado , Yu. Mikhaylov , J. Miller , D. Milstead , O. Mineev , R. Mingazheva , G. Mitselmakher , M. Miyanishi , P. Monacelli , A. Montanari , M. C. Montesi , G. Morello , K. Morishima , S. Movtchan , V. Murzin , N. Naganawa , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , N. Nurakhov , B. Obinyakov , K. Ocalan , S. Ogawa , V. Oreshkin , A. Orlov , J. Osborne , P. Pacholek , J. Panman , A. Paoloni , L. Paparella , A. Pastore , M. Patel , K. Petridis , M. Petrushin , M. Poli-Lener , N. Polukhina , V. Polyakov , M. Prokudin , G. Puddu , F. Pupilli , F. Rademakers , A. Rakai , T. Rawlings , F. Redi , S. Ricciardi , R. Rinaldesi , T. Roganova , A. Rogozhnikov , H. Rokujo , A. Romaniouk , G. Rosa , I. Rostovtseva , T. Rovelli , O. Ruchayskiy , T. Ruf , G. Saitta , V. Samoylenko , V. Samsonov , A. Sanz Ull , A. Saputi , O. Sato , W. Schmidt-Parzefall , N. Serra , S. Sgobba , M. Shaposhnikov , P. Shatalov , A. Shaykhiev , L. Shchutska , V. Shevchenko , H. Shibuya , Y. Shitov , S. Silverstein , S. Simone , M. Skorokhvatov , S. Smirnov , E. Solodko , V. Sosnovtsev , R. Spighi , M. Spinetti , N. Starkov , B. Storaci , C. Strabel , P. Strolin , S. Takahashi , P. Teterin , V. Tioukov , D. Tommasini , D. Treille , R. Tsenov , T. Tshchedrina , A. Ustyuzhanin , F. Vannucci , V. Venturi , M. Villa , Heinz Vincke , Helmut Vincke , M. Vladymyrov , S. Xella , M. Yalvac , N. Yershov , D. Yilmaz , A. U. Yilmazer , G. Vankova-Kirilova , Y. Zaitsev , A. Zoccoli

Physics Potential of SPS Upgrade in regard to Beta/EC Beams

The goal for future neutrino facilities is the determination of the $[U_{e3}]$ mixing and CP violation in neutrino oscillations. This will require precision experiments with a very intense neutrino source. With this objective the creation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 José Bernabéu , Catalina Espinoza

Test beam results with prototypes for the new Cylindrical GEM Inner Tracker of the BESIII experiment

A cylindrical GEM tracker is under construction in order to replace and improve the inner tracking system of the BESIII experiment. Tests with planar chamber prototypes were carried out on the H4 beam line of SPS (CERN) with muons of 150…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-14 L. Lavezzi , M. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , R. Baldini Ferroli , M. Bertani , D. Bettoni , F. Bianchi , A. Calcaterra , N. Canale , M. Capodiferro , V. Carassiti , S. Cerioni , JY. Chai , S. Chiozzi , G. Cibinetto , F. Cossio , A. Cotta Ramusino , F. De Mori , M. Destefanis , J. Dong , F. Evangelisti , R. Farinelli , L. Fava , G. Felici , E. Fioravanti , I. Garzia , M. Gatta , M. Greco , CY. Leng , H. Li , M. Maggiora , R. Malaguti , S. Marcello , M. Melchiorri , G. Mezzadri , M. Mignone , G. Morello , S. Pacetti , P. Patteri , J. Pellegrino , A. Pelosi , A. Rivetti , M. D. Rolo , M. Savrie' , M. Scodeggio , E. Soldani , S. Sosio , S. Spataro , E. Tskhadadze , S. Verma , R. Wheadon , L. Yan

Design and operation of the air-cooled beam dump for the extraction line of CERN's Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB)

A new beam dump has been designed, built, installed and operated to withstand the future proton beam extracted from the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) in the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN, consisting of up to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Antonio Perillo-Marcone , Marco Calviani , Nicola Solieri , Alessia Ciccotelli , Paul Kaiser , Alba Sarrio , Valentina Venturi , Vasilis Vlachoudis

New Physics searches using ProtoDUNE and the CERN SPS accelerator

The exquisite capabilities of liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers make them ideal to search for weakly interacting particles in Beyond the Standard Model scenarios. Given their location at CERN the ProtoDUNE detectors may be exposed to a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-26 Pilar Coloma , Jacobo López-Pavón , Laura Molina-Bueno , Salvador Urrea

Steering efficiency of a ultrarelativistic proton beam in a thin bent crystal

Crystals with small thickness along the beam exhibit top performance for steering particle beams through planar channeling. For such crystals, the effect of nuclear dechanneling plays an important role because it affects their efficiency.…

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The COMPASS Setup for Physics with Hadron Beams

The main characteristics of the COMPASS experimental setup for physics with hadron beams are described. This setup was designed to perform exclusive measurements of processes with several charged and/or neutral particles in the final state.…

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Design Development for the Beam Dump Facility Target Complex at CERN

CERN has launched a study phase to evaluate the feasibility of a new high-intensity beam dump facility at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator with the primary goal of exploring Hidden Sector models and searching for Light Dark…

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Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements

In 2017, AWAKE demonstrated the seeded self-modulation (SSM) of a 400 GeV proton beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN. The angular distribution of the protons deflected due to SSM is a quantitative measure of the process,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-08-31 A. A. Gorn , M. Turner , E. Adli , R. Agnello , M. Aladi , Y. Andrebe , O. Apsimon , R. Apsimon , A. -M. Bachmann , M. A. Baistrukov , F. Batsch , M. Bergamaschi , P. Blanchard , P. N. Burrows , B. Buttenschon , A. Caldwell , J. Chappell , E. Chevallay , M. Chung , D. A. Cooke , H. Damerau , C. Davut , G. Demeter , L. H. Deubner , A. Dexter , G. P. Djotyan , S. Doebert , J. Farmer , A. Fasoli , V. N. Fedosseev , R. Fiorito , R. A. Fonseca , F. Friebel , I. Furno , L. Garolfi , S. Gessner , B. Goddard , I. Gorgisyan , E. Granados , M. Granetzny , O. Grulke , E. Gschwendtner , V. Hafych , A. Hartin , A. Helm , J. R. Henderson , A. Howling , M. Huther , R. Jacquier , I. Yu. Kargapolov , M. A. Kedves , F. Keeble , M. D. Kelisani , S. -Y. Kim , F. Kraus , M. Krupa , T. Lefevre , L. Liang , S. Liu , N. Lopes , K. V. Lotov , M. Martyanov , S. Mazzoni , D. Medina Godoy , V. A. Minakov , J. T. Moody , P. I. Morales Guzman , M. Moreira , T. Nechaeva , H. Panuganti , A. Pardons , F. Pena Asmus , A. Perera , A. Petrenko , J. Pucek , A. Pukhov , B. Raczkevi , R. L. Ramjiawan , S. Rey , H. Ruhl , H. Saberi , O. Schmitz , E. Senes , P. Sherwood , L. O. Silva , R. I. Spitsyn , P. V. Tuev , F. Velotti , L. Verra , V. A. Verzilov , J. Vieira , C. P. Welsch , B. Williamson , M. Wing , J. Wolfenden , B. Woolley , G. Xia , M. Zepp , G. Zevi Della Porta

Silicon crystals for steering of high-intensity particle beams at ultra-high energy accelerators

Experimental results and simulation models show that crystals might play a relevant role for the development of new generations of high-energy and high-intensity particle accelerators and might disclose innovative possibilities at existing…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-02-10 A. Mazzolari , M. Romagnoni , E. Bagli , L. Bandiera , S. Baricordi , R. Camattari , D. Casotti , M. Tamisari , A. Sytov , V. Guidi , G. Cavoto , S. Carturan , D. De Salvador , A. Balbo , G. Cruciani , Thu Nhi Trans , R. Verbeni , N. Pastrone , L. Lanzoni , A. Rossall , J. A. van den Berg , R. Jenkins , P. Dumas

Future facilities: the CERN SPS

The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN has played a pioneering role in the study of heavy-ion collisions since 1986 and nowadays remains central to the exploration of the Quark Gluon Plasma. This document summarizes the present status…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-05-16 Roberta Arnaldi

First measurements of deuteron production spectra in p+p collisions at beam momentum of 158 GeV/c at NA61/SHINE

The NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) scans particle production in collisions of nuclei with various sizes at a set of energies covering the SPS energy range towards various physics goals. This paper…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-03-25 Anirvan Shukla

A new SPS programme

A new experiemntal program to study hadron production in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS has been recently proposed by the NA49-future collaboration. The physics goals of the program are: (i) search for the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Gazdzicki

HL-LHC layout for fixed-target experiments in ALICE based on crystal-assisted beam halo splitting

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator colliding beams of protons and lead ions at energies up to 7 ZTeV, Z is the atomic…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-04-21 Marcin Patecki , Alex Fomin , Daniele Mirarchi , Stefano Redaelli , Cynthia Hadjidakis , Francesca Galluccio , Walter Scandale

System Test of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer in the H8 Beam at the CERN SPS

An extensive system test of the ATLAS muon spectrometer has been performed in the H8 beam line at the CERN SPS during the last four years. This spectrometer will use pressurized Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) chambers and Cathode Strip Chambers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Erez Etzion

Some results of test beam studies of Transition Radiation Detector prototypes at CERN

Operating conditions and challenging demands of present and future accelerator experiments result in new requirements on detector systems. There are many ongoing activities aimed to develop new technologies and to improve the properties of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-05 V. O. Tikhomirov , T. Brooks , M. Joos , C. Rembser , E. Celebi , S. Gurbuz , S. A. Cetin , S. P. Konovalov , K. Zhukov , K. A. Fillipov , A. Romaniouk , S. Yu. Smirnov , P. E. Teterin , K. A. Vorobev , A. S. Boldyrev , A. Maevsky , D. Derendarz

Design of beam optics and radiation protection concept for the NA60+ heavy-ion experiment at CERN

NA60+ is a fixed target experiment proposed in the framework of the Physics Beyond Colliders programme at CERN. It aims to precisely measure the hard and electromagnetic probes in nuclear collisions. Initially proposed for the underground…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 A. Gerbershagen , C. Ahdida , J. Bernhard , V. Clerc , S. Girod , E. Scomparin , G. Usai , H. Vincke

Tests of silicon sensors for the CMS pixel detector

The tracking system of the CMS experiment, currently under construction at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), will include a silicon pixel detector providing three spacial measurements in its final configuration…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-01-28 A. Dorokhov , C. Amsler , D. Bortoletto , V. Chiochia , L. Cremaldi , S. Cucciarelli , M. Konecki , K. Prokofiev , C. Regenfus , T. Rohe , D. Sanders , S. Son , T. Speer , M. Swartz

Studies and application of bent crystals for beam steering at 70-GeV IHEP accelerator

This report overviews studies accomplished in the U70 proton synchrotron of IHEP-Protvino during the recent two decades. Major attention is paid to a routine application of bent crystals for beam extraction from the machine. It has been…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. G. Afonin , V. T. Baranov , G. I. Britvich , V. N. Chepegin , Yu. A. Chesnokov , V. I. Kotov , V. A. Maisheev , V. I. Terekhov , I. A. Yazynin