Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaThis Letter of Intent (LoI) presents the plans of the ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment [1]) collaboration to extend its physics programme, in order to fully exploit the scientific potential of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for fundamental studies of QCD, with the main emphasis on heavy-ion collisions. The proposed enhancement of the ALICE detector performance will enable detailed and quantitative characterization of the high density, high temperature phase of strongly interacting matter, together with the exploration of new phenomena in QCD. In the following we outline the physics motivation for running the LHC with heavy ions at high luminosities and summarize the performance gains expected with the upgraded ALICE detector. With the proposed timeline of initiating high-rate operation after the 2018 Long Shutdown (LS2), the objectives of our upgrade plans will be achieved by collecting data into the mid-2020’s.
Upgrade of the ALICE Experiment Letter Of Intent / Abelev, B.; Adam, J.; Adamova, D.; Adare, A. M.; Aggarwal, M. M.; Rinella, G.; Agnello, Michelangelo; Agocs, A. G.; Agostinelli, A.; Ahammed, Z.; Ahmad, N.; Ahmad, A.; Ahn, S. A.; Ahn, S. U.; Aimo, Ilaria; Bufalino, Stefania; Panati, Serena. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. G, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0954-3899. - STAMPA. - 41:8(2014), pp. 1-151. [10.1088/0954-3899/41/8/087001]
Upgrade of the ALICE Experiment Letter Of Intent
AGNELLO, MICHELANGELO;AIMO, ILARIA;BUFALINO, STEFANIA;PANATI, SERENA
2014
Abstract
This Letter of Intent (LoI) presents the plans of the ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment [1]) collaboration to extend its physics programme, in order to fully exploit the scientific potential of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for fundamental studies of QCD, with the main emphasis on heavy-ion collisions. The proposed enhancement of the ALICE detector performance will enable detailed and quantitative characterization of the high density, high temperature phase of strongly interacting matter, together with the exploration of new phenomena in QCD. In the following we outline the physics motivation for running the LHC with heavy ions at high luminosities and summarize the performance gains expected with the upgraded ALICE detector. With the proposed timeline of initiating high-rate operation after the 2018 Long Shutdown (LS2), the objectives of our upgrade plans will be achieved by collecting data into the mid-2020’s.
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