SPRING 2012 AFTER Meeting: A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment using the LHC beams

Europe/Paris
LPSC, Grenoble

LPSC, Grenoble

Cynthia Hadjidakis (IPN Orsay), Frédéric Fleuret (LLR - Ecole Polytechnique), Ingo Schienbein (LPSC), Jean-Philippe Lansberg (Paris XI - IPNO), Tzvetalina Stavreva (LPSC Grenoble)
Description
This meeting is organized under the auspices of the France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Centre de Physique Théorique de Grenoble and the GDR PH-QCD. It will be the continuation of two previous meetings held in July and October 2011 dedicated to the presentation and discussion of a multi-purpose fixed-target expetiment using the LHC beams extracted by bent crystals.

We plan to discuss the question of the physics impact and feasibility of a fixed target experiment on the LHC beam, where a small fraction of the beam (of the order of a few per cent) would be extracted. With a 7(2.75) TeV proton (Pb) beam, the center-of-mass energy would reach 115(72) GeV.  Such a setup would give access to the very high (small) xB region in the target (projectile). It would give the possibility to study rare processes, novel spin-correlations, high-xF dynamics, diffractive physics, nPDFs and nuclear phenomena such as shadowing and absorption, as well as novel spectroscopy of hadrons carrying multiple heavy quarks with high precision. In addition, Pb+Pb runs at sqrt(s)~72 GeV would give access to the QGP physics at an intermediate energy between SPS and RHIC energies.

Theory inputs will be most welcome for this meeting.
Participants
  • Bernard GENOLINI
  • Catherine Silvestre Tello
  • christophe furget
  • Cyrille Marquet
  • Enrico Scomparin
  • Faivre Julien
  • Florian Lyonnet
  • François Arleo
  • Frédéric FLEURET
  • giulia manca
  • Gustavo Conesa Balbastre
  • Hadjidakis Cynthia
  • Ingo Schienbein
  • Jean-Philippe Lansberg
  • Jeremy Bernon
  • Ji-Young Yu
  • Juan Rojo
  • Philippe ROSIER
  • Porteboeuf-Houssais Sarah
  • Roberta Arnaldi
  • Samuel Wallon
  • Tomas Jezo
  • Tzvetalina Stavreva
    • 13:00 13:15
      Introduction
      • 13:00
        Introduction 15m
        Orateurs: Ingo Schienbein (LPSC), Dr Jean-Philippe Lansberg (IPNO - Paris Sud 11), Tzvetalina Stavreva (LPSC)
    • 13:15 16:05
      AFTER @ LHC: project status, simulation prospect for pdfs Salle 9 (Universe)

      Salle 9

      Universe

      Key numbers on AFTER; theory/pheno at 115 and 72 GeV; experimental data at 115 and 72 GeV; where do we stand ? Sim

      • 13:15
        Status of the project AFTER 20m
      • 13:35
        Pheno at AFTER energies: arXiv:1202.6585 30m
        Orateur: Dr Jean-Philippe Lansberg (IPNO - Paris Sud 11)
        Slides
      • 14:05
        Heavy flavour physics with LHCb: present and future 40m
        Orateur: Dr Manca Giulia (INFN Cagliari)
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Best Monte Carlo tools @ sqrt(S)=115 GeV 40m
        Orateur: Dr Porteboeuf Sarah (LPC Clermont)
        Transparents
      • 15:25
        NNPDF and AFTER 40m
        Orateur: Dr Juan Rojo (CERN)
        Transparents
    • 16:05 16:35
      Coffee break 30m
    • 16:35 17:55
      AFTER: the experiment: design, technologies, lab contributions, ... Salle 9 (Universe)

      Salle 9

      Universe

      • 16:35
        AFTER tentative design 20m
        Orateur: Dr Cynthia Hadjidakis (IPN Orsay)
        Transparents
      • 16:55
        Know how at IPNO 30m
        Orateur: Philippe ROSIER (IPN Orsay)
        Transparents
      • 17:25
        Know how at Torino 30m
        Orateur: Dr Roberta Arnaldi (IFNF Torino)
        Transparents
    • 17:55 19:30
      General discussions: DAY 1 Salle 9 (Universe)

      Salle 9

      Universe

      • 17:55
        General discussions 1h 35m
    • 20:00 23:00
      Dinner at la Table Ronde 3h Grenoble

      Grenoble

      www.restaurant-tableronde-grenoble.com
      7, Place Saint André - 38000 Grenoble

    • 08:30 10:30
      Physics case Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

      Discussion on key measurements, theory/pheno talks, plan for simulation, benchmarking

      • 08:30
        nPDF extraction with hadron beams 30m Amphithéâtre

        Amphithéâtre

        Orateur: Ingo Schienbein (LPSC)
        Transparents
      • 09:00
        Theory/Pheno Landscape of quarkonium production in pA 40m Amphithéâtre (LPSC, Grenoble)

        Amphithéâtre

        LPSC, Grenoble

        Orateur: François Arleo (LAPTH)
        Transparents
      • 09:40
        Saturation & CGC in pA collisions: from RHIC to AFTER 30m Amphithéâtre (LPSC, Grenoble)

        Amphithéâtre

        LPSC, Grenoble

        Orateur: Dr Cyrille Marquet (CERN)
        Transparents
      • 10:10
        Diffraction and semi-exclusive physics at AFTER 20m Amphithéâtre

        Amphithéâtre

        Orateur: Dr Samuel Wallon (LPT Orsay and UPMC university)
        Transparents
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

      LPSC, Grenoble

    • 11:00 12:30
      AFTER: the machine Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

      • 11:00
        Rn'D action at IPNO for AFTER 30m
        Orateur: Bernard Genolini (IPN Orsay, CNRS-IN2P3-Université Paris Sud 11)
        Transparents
      • 11:30
        Know How at LLR (CALICE, Detector design, news from ChiC) 30m
        Orateur: Dr Frédéric FLEURET (LLR-Ecole polytechnique)
        Transparents
    • 12:00 13:00
      General discussion: DAY 2 Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

      Funding actions, advertisement of the project, search for new partners, ...

      • 12:00
        Workshop at ECT* 15m
      • 12:15
        Funding actions 15m
      • 12:30
        Talks 15m
      • 12:45
        First tasks 15m
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:00
      Extra session Salle 9

      Salle 9