Proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC: scientific opportunities and requirements

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作者
Salgado, C. A. [1 ,2 ]
Alvarez-Muniz, J. [1 ,2 ]
Arleo, F. [3 ,4 ]
Armesto, N. [1 ,2 ]
Botje, M. [5 ]
Cacciari, M. [6 ]
Campbell, J. [7 ]
Carli, C. [8 ]
Cole, B. [9 ]
D'Enterria, D. [10 ,11 ]
Gelis, F. [12 ]
Guzey, V. [13 ]
Hencken, K. [14 ]
Jacobs, P. [15 ]
Jowett, J. M. [8 ]
Klein, S. R. [15 ]
Maltoni, F. [16 ]
Morsch, A. [10 ]
Piotrzkowski, K. [16 ]
Qiu, J. W. [17 ]
Satogata, T. [17 ]
Sikler, F. [18 ]
Strikman, M. [19 ]
Takai, H. [17 ]
Vogt, R. [15 ,20 ]
Wessels, J. P. [10 ,21 ]
White, S. N. [17 ]
Wiedemann, U. A. [22 ]
Wyslouch, B. [23 ]
Zhalov, M. [24 ]
机构
[1] U Santiago de Compostela, Dept Fis Particulas, Galicia, Spain
[2] U Santiago de Compostela, IGFAE, Galicia, Spain
[3] Univ Savoie, LAPTH, Annecy Le Vieux, France
[4] CNRS, Annecy Le Vieux, France
[5] NIKHEF, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[6] Univ Paris 06, LPTHE, Paris 6, France
[7] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Dept Theoret Phys, Batavia, IL USA
[8] CERN, Beams Dept, Geneva, Switzerland
[9] Columbia Univ, Nevis Labs, New York, NY USA
[10] CERN, Expt Div, Dept Phys, Geneva, Switzerland
[11] Univ Barcelona, ICREA, ICC UB, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
[12] CEA DSM Saclay, IPTh, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[13] Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA USA
[14] Univ Basel, Inst Phys, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
[15] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Div Nucl Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[16] Catholic Univ Louvain, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium
[17] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Phys, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[18] KFKI Res Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, Budapest, Hungary
[19] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[20] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[21] Univ Munster, Inst Kernphys, D-48149 Munster, Germany
[22] CERN, Div Theory, Dept Phys, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[23] LLR Ecole Polytech, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[24] St Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina, Russia
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
LARGE TRANSVERSE-MOMENTUM; JET CROSS-SECTIONS; PB-PB COLLISIONS; PHYSICS PERFORMANCE; PHOTOPRODUCTION; E(+)E(-); QCD; SUPPRESSION; SCATTERING; QUARKS;
D O I
10.1088/0954-3899/39/1/015010
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
Proton-nucleus (p+A) collisions have long been recognized as a crucial component of the physics program 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 program 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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