| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:1009.3350 |
| Title | Central Diffraction at ALICE |
| Author(s) | Lämsä, Jerry W (Helsinki U. ; Iowa State U.) ; Orava, Risto (Helsinki U.) |
| Publication | 2011 |
| Imprint | 20 Sep 2010 |
| Note | Comments: 10 pages, 8 figures |
| In: | JINST 6 (2011) P02010 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-0221/6/02/P02010 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC ; ALICE |
| Abstract | The ALICE experiment is shown to be well suited for studies of exclusive final states from central diffractive reactions. The gluon-rich environment of the central system allows detailed QCD studies and searches for exotic meson states, such as glueballs, hybrids and new charmonium-like states. It would also provide a good testing ground for detailed studies of heavy quarkonia. Due to its central barrel performance, ALICE can accurately measure the low-mass central systems with good purity. The efficiency of the Forward Multiplicity Detector (FMD) and the Forward Shower Counter (FSC) system for detecting rapidity gaps is shown to be adequate for the proposed studies. With this detector arrangement, valuable new data can be obtained by tagging central diffractive processes. |
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