| Scientific Committee Paper | |
| Report number | CERN-SPSC-2015-036 ; SPSC-SR-171 |
| Title | Report from the NA61/SHINE experiment |
| Project Manager/Technical Coordinator | Gazdzicki, Marek |
| Author(s) | Aduszkiewicz, A (NA61/SHINE Collaboration) |
| Corporate author(s) | CERN. Geneva. SPS and PS Experiments Committee ; SPSC |
| Collaboration | NA61/SHINE Collaboration |
| Series | (Status Report) |
| DOI | 10.17181/CERN.38K1.4QRP |
| Submitted by | [email protected] on 14 Oct 2015 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; SHINE NA61 |
| Abstract | This document reports on the status and plans of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS as of October 2015. First, an overview of the 2014 and 2015 data-taking period on p+Pb interactions at 158 GeV/c and Ar+Sc collisions at 13A GeV/c - 150A GeV/c is given. The latter data-taking with the first primary Ar beams at CERN was a major success. Second, the facility maintenance and upgrades are briefly presented. The VTX-1 magnet was damaged at the beginning of the 2015 proton period. The physics data-taking for p+p interactions at 400 GeV/c and for the Fermilab neutrino beams as well as the pilot data taking on Pb+Pb collisions at 30A GeV/c was replaced by detector tests and calibration runs. Third, the advance in the NA61/SHINE software and calibration procedures is briefly reported. Fourth, new physics results are presented. In particular, the very first results on Ar+Sc collisions are presented. Fifth, plans for data taking in 2016 - 2018 are outlined and ideas concerning the NA61/SHINE physics programme beyond 2020 are sketched. The proposal for the beam momentum scan with Pb+Pb interactions is presented in a separate addendum document submitted in parallel to this Status Report. |
| Copyright/License | Report: © 2015-2025 CERN (License: CC-BY-4.0) |
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Record created 2015-10-14, last modified 2021-07-06
