A next-generation LHC heavy-ion experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
2019-05-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The present document discusses plans for a compact, next-generation multi-purpose detector at the LHC as a follow-up to the present ALICE experiment. The aim is to build a nearly massless barrel detector consisting of truly cylindrical layers based on curved wafer-scale ultra-thin silicon sensors with MAPS technology, featuring an unprecedented low material budget of 0.05% X per layer, with the innermost layers possibly positioned inside the beam pipe. In addition to superior tracking and vertexing capabilities over a wide momentum range down to a few tens of MeV/, the detector will provide particle identification via time-of-flight determination with about 20~ps resolution. In addition, electron and photon identification will be performed in a separate shower detector. The proposed detector is conceived for studies of pp, pA and AA collisions at luminosities a factor of 20 to 50 times higher than possible with the upgraded ALICE detector, enabling a rich physics program ranging from measurements with electromagnetic probes at ultra-low transverse momenta to precision physics in the charm and beauty sector.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1902.01211,
title = {A next-generation LHC heavy-ion experiment},
author = {D. Adamová and G. Aglieri Rinella and M. Agnello and Z. Ahammed and D. Aleksandrov and A. Alici and A. Alkin and T. Alt and I. Altsybeev and D. Andreou and A. Andronic and F. Antinori and P. Antonioli and H. Appelshäuser and R. Arnaldi and I. C. Arsene and M. Arslandok and R. Averbeck and M. D. Azmi and X. Bai and R. Bailhache and R. Bala and L. Barioglio and G. G. Barnaföldi and L. S. Barnby and P. Bartalini and K. Barth and S. Basu and F. Becattini and C. Bedda and I. Belikov and F. Bellini and R. Bellwied and S. Beole and L. Bergmann and R. A. Bertens and M. Besoiu and L. Betev and A. Bhatti and A. Bianchi and L. Bianchi and J. Bielčík and J. Bielčíková and A. Bilandzic and S. Biswas and R. Biswas and D. Blau and F. Bock and M. Bombara and M. Borri and P. Braun-Munzinger and M. Bregant and G. E. Bruno and M. D. Buckland and H. Buesching and S. Bufalino and P. Buncic and J. B. Butt and A. Caliva and P. Camerini and F. Carnesecchi and J. Castillo Castellanos and F. 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Konopka and V. Kovalenko and I. Králik and M. Krüger and L. Kreis and M. Krivda and F. Krizek and M. Kroesen and E. Kryshen and V. Kučera and C. Kuhn and L. Kumar and S. Kundu and S. Kushpil and M. J. Kweon and M. Kwon and Y. Kwon and P. Lévai and S. L. La Pointe and E. Laudi and T. Lazareva and R. Lea and L. Leardini and S. Lee and R. C. Lemmon and R. Lietava and B. Lim and V. Lindenstruth and A. Lindner and C. Lippmann and J. Liu and J. Lopez Lopez and C. Lourenco and G. Luparello and S. M. Mahmood and A. Maire and V. Manzari and Y. Mao and A. Marín and M. Marchisone and G. V. Margagliotti and M. Marquard and P. Martinengo and S. Masciocchi and M. Masera and E. Masson and A. Mastroserio and A. M. Mathis and A. Matyja and M. Mazzilli and M. A. Mazzoni and L. Micheletti and A. N. Mishra and D. Miskowiec and B. Mohanty and M. Mohisin Khan and A. Morsch and T. Mrnjavac and V. Muccifora and D. Mühlheim and S. Muhuri and J. D. Mulligan and M. G. Munhoz and R. H. Munzer and H. Murakami and L. Musa and B. Naik and B. K. Nandi and R. Nania and T. K. Nayak and D. Nesterov and G. Nicosia and S. Nikolaev and V. Nikulin and F. Noferini and J. Norman and A. Nyanin and V. Okorokov and C. Oppedisano and J. Otwinowski and K. Oyama and M. Płoskoń and Y. Pachmayer and A. K. Pandey and C. Pastore and J. Pawlowski and H. Pei and T. Peitzmann and D. Peresunko and M. Petrovici and R. P. Pezzi and S. Piano and E. Prakasa and S. K. Prasad and R. Preghenella and F. Prino and C. A. Pruneau and I. Pshenichnov and M. Puccio and J. Pucek and E. Quercigh and D. Röhrich and L. Ramello and F. Rami and S. Raniwala and R. Raniwala and R. Rath and I. Ravasenga and A. Redelbach and K. Redlich and F. Reidt and K. Reygers and V. Riabov and P. Riedler and W. Riegler and D. Rischke and C. Ristea and S. P. Rode and M. Rodríguez Cahuantzi and D. Rohr and A. Rossi and R. Rui and A. Rustamov and A. Rybicki and K. Šafařík and R. Sadikin and S. Sadovsky and R. Sahoo and P. Sahoo and P. K. Sahu and J. Saini and V. Samsonov and P. Sarma and H. S. Scheid and R. Schicker and A. Schmah and M. O. Schmidt and C. Schmidt and Y. Schutz and K. Schweda and E. Scomparin and J. E. Seger and S. Senyukov and A. Seryakov and R. Shahoyan and N. Sharma and S. Siddhanta and T. Siemiarczuk and R. Singh and M. Sitta and H. Soltveit and M. Spyropoulou-Stassinaki and J. Stachel and T. Sugitate and S. Sumowidagdo and X. Sun and J. Takahashi and C. Terrevoli and A. Toia and N. Topilskaya and S. Tripathy and S. Trogolo and V. Trubnikov and W. H. Trzaska and B. A. Trzeciak and T. S. Tveter and A. Uras and G. L. Usai and G. Valentino and L. V. R. van Doremalen and M. van Leeuwen and P. Vande Vyvre and M. Vasileiou and V. Vechernin and L. Vermunt and O. Villalobos Baillie and T. Virgili and A. Vodopyanov and S. A. Voloshin and G. Volpe and B. von Haller and I. Vorobyev and Y. Wang and M. Weber and A. Wegrzynek and D. F. Weiser and S. C. Wenzel and J. P. Wessels and J. Wiechula and U. Wiedemann and J. Wilkinson and B. Windelband and M. Winn and N. Xu and K. Yamakawa and Z. Yin and I. -K. Yoo and J. H. Yoon and A. Yuncu and V. Zaccolo and C. Zampolli and A. Zarochentsev and B. Zhang and X. Zhang and C. Zhao and V. Zherebchevskii and D. Zhou and Y. Zhou and Y. Zhou and G. Zinovjev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01211},
year = {2019}
}
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Input to the 2020 Update of the European Particle Physics Strategy