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
    • Introduction
      • 1
        Introduction
        Orateurs: Ingo Schienbein (LPSC), Dr Jean-Philippe Lansberg (IPNO - Paris Sud 11), Tzvetalina Stavreva (LPSC)
    • 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

      • 2
        Status of the project AFTER
      • 3
        Pheno at AFTER energies: arXiv:1202.6585
        Orateur: Dr Jean-Philippe Lansberg (IPNO - Paris Sud 11)
        Slides
      • 4
        Heavy flavour physics with LHCb: present and future
        Orateur: Dr Manca Giulia (INFN Cagliari)
        Slides
      • 5
        Best Monte Carlo tools @ sqrt(S)=115 GeV
        Orateur: Dr Porteboeuf Sarah (LPC Clermont)
        Transparents
      • 6
        NNPDF and AFTER
        Orateur: Dr Juan Rojo (CERN)
        Transparents
    • 16:05
      Coffee break
    • AFTER: the experiment: design, technologies, lab contributions, ... Salle 9 (Universe)

      Salle 9

      Universe

      • 7
        AFTER tentative design
        Orateur: Dr Cynthia Hadjidakis (IPN Orsay)
        Transparents
      • 8
        Know how at IPNO
        Orateur: Philippe ROSIER (IPN Orsay)
        Transparents
      • 9
        Know how at Torino
        Orateur: Dr Roberta Arnaldi (IFNF Torino)
        Transparents
    • General discussions: DAY 1 Salle 9 (Universe)

      Salle 9

      Universe

      • 10
        General discussions
    • 20:00
      Dinner at la Table Ronde Grenoble

      Grenoble

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

    • Physics case Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

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

      • 11
        nPDF extraction with hadron beams Amphithéâtre

        Amphithéâtre

        Orateur: Ingo Schienbein (LPSC)
        Transparents
      • 12
        Theory/Pheno Landscape of quarkonium production in pA Amphithéâtre (LPSC, Grenoble)

        Amphithéâtre

        LPSC, Grenoble

        Orateur: François Arleo (LAPTH)
        Transparents
      • 13
        Saturation & CGC in pA collisions: from RHIC to AFTER Amphithéâtre (LPSC, Grenoble)

        Amphithéâtre

        LPSC, Grenoble

        Orateur: Dr Cyrille Marquet (CERN)
        Transparents
      • 14
        Diffraction and semi-exclusive physics at AFTER Amphithéâtre

        Amphithéâtre

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

      Amphithéâtre

      LPSC, Grenoble

    • AFTER: the machine Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

      • 15
        Rn'D action at IPNO for AFTER
        Orateur: Bernard Genolini (IPN Orsay, CNRS-IN2P3-Université Paris Sud 11)
        Transparents
      • 16
        Know How at LLR (CALICE, Detector design, news from ChiC)
        Orateur: Dr Frédéric FLEURET (LLR-Ecole polytechnique)
        Transparents
    • General discussion: DAY 2 Amphithéâtre

      Amphithéâtre

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

      • 17
        Workshop at ECT*
      • 18
        Funding actions
      • 19
        Talks
      • 20
        First tasks
    • 13:00
      Lunch
    • Extra session Salle 9

      Salle 9