Forward proton detectors in heavy ion physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
2019-07-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The forward proton detectors, already existing at the LHC, are considered in the context of heavy ion collisions. It is shown that such detectors have the potential to measure nuclear debris originating from spectator nucleons. The geometric acceptance for different nuclei is studied, and how it is affected by the motion of the nucleons in the nucleus and by the experimental conditions. A possibility of reconstructing the impact parameter of the collision from the measurement of the nuclear fragments is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.09498,
title = {Forward proton detectors in heavy ion physics},
author = {Rafał Staszewski and Krzysztof Cieśla and Janusz J. Chwastowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.09498},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Talk presented at XXV Cracow EPIPHANY Conference on Advances in Heavy Ion Physics, 8-11 January 2019