Pappalardo, L. L. and Carassiti, V. and Ciullo, G. and Di Nezza, P. (2024) The LHCspin project: A polarized target experiment at LHC. Il nuovo cimento C, 47 (4). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
A polarized target, operated in combination with the high-energy, high-intensity LHC beams and a highly performing LHC particle detector, has the potential to open new physics frontiers and to deepen our understanding of the intricacies of the strong interaction in the non-perturbative regime of QCD. Specifically, the LHCspin project aims to perform spin physics studies in high-energy polarized fixed-target collisions using the LHCb detector. Being designed and optimized for the detection of heavy hadrons, the LHCb spectrometer, in combination with the LHCspin setup, will provide a complementary access to the nucleon structure, e.g., by studying inclusive production of c- and b-hadrons, which represent an ideal tool to access the essentially unexplored spin-dependent gluon TMDs. Furthermore, fixedtarget collisions with 7 TeV proton beams, corresponding to center-of-mass energies ranging from 115 GeV in pp interactions to 72 GeV per nucleon in collisions with ion beams, will allow to cover a wide backward rapidity region, corresponding to the poorly explored high x-Bjorken and high x-Feynman regimes. The status of the LHCspin project is presented along with a selection of physics opportunities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2024 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2024 10:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/23219 |
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