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Recent published ideas in favour of AFTER@LHC

• Recent published ideas in favour of AFTER@LHC

Documents authored by physicists involved in the project

• Physics perspectives with AFTER@LHC (A Fixed Target ExpeRiment at LHC)

by L. Massacrier (Orsay, IPN) et al.. Dec 5, 2017. 6 pp. Published in EPJ Web Conf. 171 (2018) 10001 (Proceedings of SPIN 2017) PDF

• Quarkonium-photoproduction prospects at a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

by L. Massacrier, J.P. Lansberg (Orsay, IPN), L. Szymanowski, J. Wagner (Warsaw, Inst. Nucl. Studies). Sep 26, 2017. 6 pp (Proceedings of PHOTON 2017) [1]

• Fixed target project AFTER at the LHC beams for heavy ion and hadron physics

by A.B. Kurepin, N.S. Topilskaya (Moscow, INR). 2017. 3 pp. Published in Phys.Part.Nucl. 48 (2017) no.5, 776-778, Fiz.Elem.Chast.Atom.Yadra 48 (2017) no.5 (Proceedings of ISCSNP 2016)

• Heavy-ion collisions in a fixed target mode at the LHC beams

by Alexey Kurepin, Nataliya Topilskaya (Moscow, INR). 2017. 6 pp. Published in EPJ Web Conf. 138 (2017) 03009 (Proceedings of Baldin ISHEPP 23)

• Single-Transverse-Spin-Asymmetry studies with a fixed-target experiment using the LHC beams (AFTER@LHC)

by J.P. Lansberg (Orsay, IPN) et al.. Oct 17, 2016. 8 pp. (Proceeding of DIS 2016)

• Physics case for a polarised target for AFTER@LHC

by Jean-Philippe Lansberg (Orsay, IPN) et al.. Feb 22, 2016. 7 pp. Published in PoS PSTP2015 (2016) 042 (Proceeding of PSTP2015)

• Studies of Transverse-Momentum-Dependent distributions with A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment using the LHC beams (AFTER@LHC)

by L. Massacrier (Orsay, IPN) et al.. Feb 3, 2015. 7 pp. Published in Int.J.Mod.Phys.Conf.Ser. 40 (2016) no.01, 1660107 (Proceedings of SPIN 2014)

• Spin physics and TMD studies at A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

by J.P. Lansberg, M. Anselmino, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, W. den Dunnen, J.P. Didelez, B. Genolini et al.. (Proceedings of Transversity 2014) arXiv:1410.1962 [hep-ex]. PDF

• Studying the high x frontier with A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC.

by A. Rakotozafindrabe, M. Anselmino, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret et al.. Published in PoS(DIS 2013)250 (Proceedings of DIS 2013) arXiv:1310.6195 [hep-ex]. PDF

• AFTER@LHC: a precision machine to study the interface between particle and nuclear physics.

by J.P. Lansberg, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, B. Genolini, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret et al.. EPJ Web of Conf. 66 (2014) 11023(Proceedings of INPC 2012) [arXiv:1308.5806 [hep-ex]]. PDF

• Spin physics at A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC).

by A. Rakotozafindrabe, M. Anselmino, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret et al.. Phys.Part.Nucl. 45 (2014) 336 (Proceedings of SPIN 2012) arXiv:1301.5739 [hep-ex]. PDF

• Prospectives for A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC: AFTER@LHC.

by J.P. Lansberg, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, B. Genolini, C. Hadjidakis, C. Lorce, P. Rosier, M. Anselmino et al..Published in PoS(ICHEP2012)547 (Proceedings of ICHEP 2012) [arXiv:1212.3450 [hep-ex]]. PDF

• Spin and diffractive physics with A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC).

by C. Lorce, M. Anselmino, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret et al.. Published in AIP Conf.Proc. 1523 (2012) 149-152. (Proceedings of Diffraction 2012) [arXiv:1212.0425 [hep-ex]]. PDF

• Ultra-relativistic heavy-ion physics with AFTER@LHC.

by A. Rakotozafindrabe, R. Arnaldi, S.J. Brodsky, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, B. Genolini, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret et al.. Published in Nucl.Phys. A904-905 (2013) 957c-960c. (Proceedings of Quark Matter 2012) [arXiv:1211.1294 [nucl-ex]]. PDF

• A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC) : luminosities, target polarisation and a selection of physics studies.

by J.P. Lansberg, V. Chambert, J.P. Didelez, B. Genolini, C. Hadjidakis, P. Rosier, R. Arnaldi, E. Scomparin, S.J. Brodsky, E.G. Ferreiro, F. Fleuret, A. Rakotozafindrabe, U.I. Uggerhøj. Jul 2012. 6 pp. Published in PoS(QNP2012)049. SLAC-PUB-15175. e-Print: arXiv:1207.3507 [hep-ex] PDF

• Quarkonium physics at a Fixed-Target Experiment using the LHC Beams.

by S.J. Brodsky, F. Fleuret, C. Hadjidakis, J.P. Lansberg. Feb 2012. Published in Few Body Syst. 53 (2012) 11-25. SLAC-PUB-14940. e-Print: arXiv:1204.5793 [hep-ph] PDF PDF from Springer

• Physics Opportunities of a Fixed-Target Experiment using the LHC Beams.

by S.J. Brodsky, F. Fleuret, C. Hadjidakis, J.P. Lansberg. Feb 2012. Published in Phys.Rept. 522 (2013) 239-255, 10.1016/j.physrep.2012.10.001. SLAC-PUB-14878. e-Print: arXiv:1202.6585 [hep-ph] PDF

• Strong crystalline fields: A possibility for extraction from the LHC.

by E. Uggerhoj, Ulrik Ingerslev Uggerhj (Aarhus U.). 2005. 9 pp. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth. B234 (2005) 31-39 PDF

Documents on earlier similar projects

LHB: Dedicated B-physics fixed target experiment on the LHC beams

• Expression of Interest

• The LHB experiment

By R. Waldi. Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A351 (1994) 161-173.

• The LHB muon trigger scheme

By F. Ferroni, Silvio Morganti, G. Piredda, R. Santacesaria, R. Cardarelli. Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A333 (1993) 136-141.

• LHB: A Fixed target experiment at LHC to measure CP violation in B mesons

By Flavio Costantini. Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A333 (1993) 125-135.

SFT: Fixed target experiment on the SSC beams

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