| Scientific Committee Paper | |
| Report number | CERN-SPSC-2012-031 ; SPSC-EOI-008 |
| Title | Expression of Interest for an experiment to study charm production with proton and heavy ion beams |
| Project Manager/Technical Coordinator | Fleuret, Frederic |
| Author(s) | Arleo, François (LAPTh, Université de Savoie, CNRS, Annecy-le-Vieux, France) ; Fleuret, Frédéric (LLR-Ecole polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Palaiseau, France) ; Ferreiro, Elena (DFP, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) ; Gossiaux, Pol-Bernard (SUBATECH, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France) ; Peigné, Stéphane (SUBATECH, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France) |
| Corporate author(s) | CERN. Geneva. SPS and PS Experiments Committee ; SPSC |
| Series | (Expression of Interest) |
| Submitted by | [email protected] on 20 Oct 2012 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; CHIC |
| Abstract | We propose an experiment to perform a systematic study of charmonia production in heavy ion collisions at SPS. Taking advantage of significant advances in electromagnetic calorimetry, the measurement of low energy photons from chi_c decays should now be achievable. Together with recent measurements made at RHIC and at LHC on J/psi and upsilon production, such a measurement will offer the opportunity to use quarkonia as a direct test of phase transition and lattice QCD calculations. In a one month data taking one can expect the collection of thousands of chi_c. This new and dedicated experiment is designed to also study, under optimal conditions, Cold Nuclear Matter (CNM) effects in a larger rapidity range than previously explored by the NA50/NA60 experiments. This measurement of nuclear effects in absence of Quark Gluon Plasma formation will provide a clear and unambiguous reference for the study of Hot and Dense Matter (HDM) effects, a reference which is today needed to deduce an unambiguous interpretation of the results already obtained. |
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