CERN Accelerating science

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Report number	arXiv:1902.01211
Title	A next-generation LHC heavy-ion experiment
Author(s)	Adamová, D. (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Aglieri Rinella, G. (CERN) ; Agnello, M. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Ahammed, Z. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Aleksandrov, D. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Alici, A. (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Alkin, A. (BITP, Kiev) ; Alt, T. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Altsybeev, I. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Andreou, D. (CERN) ; Andronic, A. (Darmstadt, EMMI ; Munster U.) ; Antinori, F. (INFN, Padua) ; Antonioli, P. (INFN, Bologna) ; Appelshäuser, H. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Arnaldi, R. (INFN, Turin) ; Arsene, I.C. (Oslo U.) ; Arslandok, M. (Heidelberg U.) ; Averbeck, R. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Azmi, M.D. (Aligarh Muslim U.) ; Bai, X. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Bailhache, R. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bala, R. (Jammu U.) ; Barioglio, L. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Barnaföldi, G.G. (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Barnby, L.S. (Daresbury) ; Bartalini, P. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Barth, K. (CERN) ; Basu, S. (Wayne State U.) ; Becattini, F. (Florence U. ; INFN, Florence) ; Bedda, C. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; Belikov, I. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Bellini, F. (CERN) ; Bellwied, R. (Houston U.) ; Beole, S. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Bergmann, L. (Heidelberg U.) ; Bertens, R.A. (Tennessee U.) ; Besoiu, M. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Betev, L. (CERN) ; Bhatti, A. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Bianchi, A. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Bianchi, L. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U. ; Houston U.) ; Bielčík, J. (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Bielčíková, J. (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Bilandzic, A. (Munich, Tech. U. ; Munich, Tech. U., Universe) ; Biswas, S. (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Biswas, R. (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Blau, D. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Bock, F. (CERN) ; Bombara, M. (Kosice U.) ; Borri, M. (Daresbury) ; Braun-Munzinger, P. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Bregant, M. (Sao Paulo U.) ; Bruno, G.E. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Buckland, M.D. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Buesching, H. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bufalino, S. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Buncic, P. (CERN) ; Butt, J.B. (COMSATS, Islamabad) ; Caliva, A. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Camerini, P. (INFN, Trieste ; Pisa U.) ; Carnesecchi, F. (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Castillo Castellanos, J. (IRFU, Saclay, DPHN) ; Catalano, F. (INFN, Turin ; Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria) ; Chapeland, S. (CERN) ; Chartier, M. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Cheshkov, C. (Lyon, IPN) ; Cheynis, B. (Lyon, IPN) ; Chibante Barroso, V. (CERN) ; Chinellato, D.D. (Campinas State U.) ; Chochula, P. (CERN) ; Chujo, T. (Tsukuba U.) ; Cicalo, C. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Colamaria, F. (INFN, Bari) ; Colella, D. (INFN, Bari) ; Concas, M. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Conesa del Valle, Z. (Orsay, IPN) ; Contin, G. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Contreras, J.G. (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Costa, F. (CERN) ; Dönigus, B. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Dahms, T. (Munich, Tech. U. ; Munich, Tech. U., Universe) ; Dainese, A. (INFN, Padua) ; Dainton, J. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Danu, A. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Das, S. (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Das, D. (Saha Inst.) ; Dash, S. (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Dash, A. (IISER, Pune) ; David, G. (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; De Caro, A. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; de Cataldo, G. (INFN, Bari) ; De Falco, A. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; De Marco, N. (INFN, Turin) ; De Pasquale, S. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Deb, S. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Di Bari, D. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Di Mauro, A. (CERN) ; Dietel, T. (Cape Town U.) ; Divià, R. (CERN) ; Dmitrieva, U. (Moscow, INR) ; Dobrin, A. (CERN) ; Dubey, A.K. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Dubla, A. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Elia, D. (INFN, Bari) ; Erazmus, B. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Erokhin, A. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Eulisse, G. (CERN) ; Evans, D. (Birmingham U.) ; Fabbietti, L. (Munich, Tech. U. ; Munich, Tech. U., Universe) ; Faggin, M. (INFN, Padua) ; Fecchio, P. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Feliciello, A. (INFN, Turin) ; Feofilov, G. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Fernández Téllez, A. (Puebla U., Mexico) ; Festanti, A. (CERN) ; Floerchinger, S. (Heidelberg U.) ; Foka, P. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Fokin, S. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Franco, A. (INFN, Bari) ; Furget, C. (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Furs, A. (Moscow, INR) ; Gaardhøje, J. (Bohr Inst.) ; Gagliardi, M. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Ganoti, P. (Athens U.) ; Garabatos, C. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Garcia-Solis, E. (Chicago State U.) ; Gargiulo, C. (CERN) ; Gasik, P. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Gay Ducati, M.B. (Rio Grande do Sul U.) ; Germain, M. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Ghosh, P. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Giubellino, P. (INFN, Turin) ; Giubilato, P. (INFN, Padua) ; Glässel, P. (Heidelberg U.) ; Gonzalez, V. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Grachov, O. (Wayne State U.) ; Grigoryan, A. (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Grigoryan, S. (Dubna, JINR) ; Grosa, F. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Grosse-Oetringhaus, J.F. (CERN) ; Guernane, R. (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Gunji, T. (Tokyo U.) ; Gupta, R. (Jammu U.) ; Gupta, A. (Jammu U.) ; Habib, M.K. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Hamagaki, H. (Nagasaki Inst. Appl. Sci.) ; Harris, J.W. (Yale U.) ; Hatzifotiadou, D. (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Heckel, S.T. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Hellbär, E. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Helstrup, H. (HVL, Norway) ; Herman, T. (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Hillemanns, H. (CERN) ; Hills, C. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Hippolyte, B. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Hornung, S. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Hristov, P. (CERN) ; Iddon, J.P. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Igolkin, S. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Innocenti, G. (CERN) ; Ippolitov, M. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Ivanov, M. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Jacholkowski, A. (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Jung, M. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Jusko, A. (Birmingham U.) ; Köhler, M.K. (Heidelberg U.) ; Kabana, S. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Kalweit, A. (CERN) ; Karasu Uysal, A. (Karatay U.) ; Karavicheva, T. (Moscow, INR) ; Kebschull, U. (Bielefeld U. ; Frankfurt U.) ; Keidel, R. (Fachhochsch., Worms) ; Keil, M. (CERN) ; Ketzer, B. (Bonn U., HISKP) ; Khan, S.A. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Khanzadeev, A. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Kharlov, Y. (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Khuntia, A. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Kim, B. (Inha U.) ; Kim, J. (Heidelberg U.) ; Kim, M. (Inha U. ; Heidelberg U.) ; Klein, J. (INFN, Turin) ; Klein, C. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Klein-Bösing, C. (Munster U.) ; Klewin, S. (Heidelberg U.) ; Kluge, A. (CERN) ; Knichel, M.L. (CERN) ; Kobdaj, C. (Suranaree U. of Tech.) ; Kofarago, M. (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Konopka, P.J. (CERN) ; Kovalenko, V. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Králik, I. (Kosice, IEF) ; Krüger, M. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Kreis, L. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Krivda, M. (Birmingham U.) ; Krizek, F. (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kroesen, M. (Heidelberg U.) ; Kryshen, E. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Kučera, V. (Inha U. ; Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kuhn, C. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Kumar, L. (Panjab U.) ; Kundu, S. (IISER, Pune) ; Kushpil, S. (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kweon, M.J. (Inha U.) ; Kwon, M. (Pusan Natl. U.) ; Kwon, Y. (Yonsei U.) ; Lévai, P. (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; La Pointe, S.L. (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Laudi, E. (CERN) ; Lazareva, T. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Lea, R. (INFN, Trieste ; Pisa U.) ; Leardini, L. (Heidelberg U.) ; Lee, S. (Pusan Natl. U.) ; Lemmon, R.C. (Daresbury) ; Lietava, R. (Birmingham U.) ; Lim, B. (Pusan Natl. U.) ; Lindenstruth, V. (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Lindner, A. (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Lippmann, C. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Liu, J. (U. Liverpool (main)) ; Lopez Lopez, J. (Heidelberg U.) ; Lourenco, C. (CERN) ; Luparello, G. (INFN, Trieste) ; Mahmood, S.M. (Oslo U.) ; Maire, A. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Manzari, V. (INFN, Bari) ; Mao, Y. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Marín, A. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Marchisone, M. (Lyon, IPN) ; Margagliotti, G.V. (INFN, Trieste ; Pisa U.) ; Marquard, M. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Martinengo, P. (CERN) ; Masciocchi, S. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Masera, M. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Masson, E. (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Mastroserio, A. (INFN, Bari) ; Mathis, A.M. (Munich, Tech. U. ; Munich, Tech. U., Universe) ; Matyja, A. (Cracow, INP ; Tennessee U.) ; Mazzilli, M. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Mazzoni, M.A. (INFN, Rome) ; Micheletti, L. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Mishra, A.N. (Mexico U., ICN) ; Miskowiec, D. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Mohanty, B. (IISER, Pune) ; Mohisin Khan, M. (Aligarh Muslim U.) ; Morsch, A. (CERN) ; Mrnjavac, T. (CERN) ; Muccifora, V. (Frascati) ; Mühlheim, D. (Munster U.) ; Muhuri, S. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Mulligan, J.D. (LBL, Berkeley ; Yale U.) ; Munhoz, M.G. (Sao Paulo U.) ; Munzer, R.H. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Murakami, H. (Tokyo U.) ; Musa, L. (CERN) ; Naik, B. (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Nandi, B.K. (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Nania, R. (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Nayak, T.K. (IISER, Pune ; IISER, Kolkata) ; Nesterov, D. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Nicosia, G. (Malta U.) ; Nikolaev, S. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Nikulin, V. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Noferini, F. (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Bologna) ; Norman, J. (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Nyanin, A. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Okorokov, V. (Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Oppedisano, C. (INFN, Turin) ; Otwinowski, J. (Cracow, INP) ; Oyama, K. (Nagasaki Inst. Appl. Sci.) ; Pł oskoń, M. (LBL, Berkeley) ; Pachmayer, Y. (Heidelberg U.) ; Pandey, A.K. (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Pastore, C. (INFN, Bari) ; Pawlowski, J. (Heidelberg U.) ; Pei, H. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Peitzmann, T. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; Peresunko, D. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Petrovici, M. (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Pezzi, R.P. (Rio Grande do Sul U.) ; Piano, S. (INFN, Trieste) ; Prakasa, E. (Jakarta LIPI, Indonesian Inst. Sci.) ; Prasad, S.K. (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Preghenella, R. (INFN, Bologna) ; Prino, F. (INFN, Turin) ; Pruneau, C.A. (Wayne State U.) ; Pshenichnov, I. (Moscow, INR) ; Puccio, M. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Pucek, J. (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Quercigh, E. (CERN) ; Röhrich, D. (Bergen U.) ; Ramello, L. (INFN, Turin ; Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria) ; Rami, F. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Raniwala, S. (Rajasthan U.) ; Raniwala, R. (Rajasthan U.) ; Rath, R. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Ravasenga, I. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Redelbach, A. (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Redlich, K. (NCBJ, Swierk ; Wroclaw U.) ; Reidt, F. (CERN) ; Reygers, K. (Heidelberg U.) ; Riabov, V. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Riedler, P. (CERN) ; Riegler, W. (CERN) ; Rischke, D. (Frankfurt U.) ; Ristea, C. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Rode, S.P. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Rodríguez Cahuantzi, M. (Puebla U., Mexico) ; Rohr, D. (CERN) ; Rossi, A. (INFN, Padua) ; Rui, R. (INFN, Trieste ; Pisa U.) ; Rustamov, A. (NNRC, Baku) ; Rybicki, A. (Cracow, INP) ; Šafařík, K. (CERN ; Prague, Tech. U.) ; Sadikin, R. (Jakarta LIPI, Indonesian Inst. Sci.) ; Sadovsky, S. (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Sahoo, R. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Sahoo, P. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Sahu, P.K. (Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.) ; Saini, J. (IISER, Kolkata) ; Samsonov, V. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Sarma, P. (Gauhati U.) ; Scheid, H.S. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Schicker, R. (Heidelberg U.) ; Schmah, A. (Heidelberg U.) ; Schmidt, M.O. (Heidelberg U.) ; Schmidt, C. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Schutz, Y. (CERN ; Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Schweda, K. (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Scomparin, E. (INFN, Turin) ; Seger, J.E. (Creighton U.) ; Senyukov, S. (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Seryakov, A. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Shahoyan, R. (CERN) ; Sharma, N. (Panjab U.) ; Siddhanta, S. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Siemiarczuk, T. (NCBJ, Swierk) ; Singh, R. (IISER, Pune) ; Sitta, M. (INFN, Turin ; Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria) ; Soltveit, H. (Heidelberg U.) ; Spyropoulou-Stassinaki, M. (Athens U.) ; Stachel, J. (Heidelberg U.) ; Sugitate, T. (Hiroshima U.) ; Sumowidagdo, S. (Jakarta LIPI, Indonesian Inst. Sci.) ; Sun, X. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Takahashi, J. (Campinas State U.) ; Terrevoli, C. (INFN, Padua ; Houston U.) ; Toia, A. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Topilskaya, N. (Moscow, INR) ; Tripathy, S. (Indian Inst. Tech., Indore) ; Trogolo, S. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Trubnikov, V. (BITP, Kiev) ; Trzaska, W.H. (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Trzeciak, B.A. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; Tveter, T.S. (Oslo U.) ; Uras, A. (Lyon, IPN) ; Usai, G.L. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Valentino, G. (Malta U.) ; van Doremalen, L.V.R. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; van Leeuwen, M. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; Vande Vyvre, P. (CERN) ; Vasileiou, M. (Athens U.) ; Vechernin, V. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Vermunt, L. (Nikhef, Amsterdam ; Utrecht U.) ; Villalobos Baillie, O. (Birmingham U.) ; Virgili, T. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Vodopyanov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Voloshin, S.A. (Wayne State U.) ; Volpe, G. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; von Haller, B. (CERN) ; Vorobyev, I. (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Wang, Y. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Weber, M. (Stefan Meyer Inst. Subatomare Phys.) ; Wegrzynek, A. (CERN) ; Weiser, D.F. (Heidelberg U.) ; Wenzel, S.C. (CERN) ; Wessels, J.P. (Munster U.) ; Wiechula, J. (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Wiedemann, U. (CERN) ; Wilkinson, J. (INFN, Bologna) ; Windelband, B. (Heidelberg U.) ; Winn, M. (Orsay, IPN) ; Xu, N. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Yamakawa, K. (Hiroshima U.) ; Yin, Z. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Yoo, I.-K. (Pusan Natl. U.) ; Yoon, J.H. (Inha U.) ; Yuncu, A. (Heidelberg U.) ; Zaccolo, V. (INFN, Trieste ; Pisa U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Zampolli, C. (CERN) ; Zarochentsev, A. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Zhang, B. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Zhang, X. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Zhao, C. (Oslo U.) ; Zherebchevskii, V. (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Zhou, D. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Zhou, Y. (Hua-Zhong Normal U.) ; Zhou, Y. (Bohr Inst.) ; Zinovjev, G. (BITP, Kiev)
Publication	2019
Imprint	2019-01-31
Number of pages	21
Note	Input to the 2020 Update of the European Particle Physics Strategy
Subject category	nucl-th ; Nuclear Physics - Theory ; nucl-ex ; Nuclear Physics - Experiment ; hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Abstract	The present document discusses plans for a compact, next-generation multi-purpose detector at the LHC as a follow-up to the present ALICE experiment. The aim is to build a nearly massless barrel detector consisting of truly cylindrical layers based on curved wafer-scale ultra-thin silicon sensors with MAPS technology, featuring an unprecedented low material budget of 0.05% X$_0$ per layer, with the innermost layers possibly positioned inside the beam pipe. In addition to superior tracking and vertexing capabilities over a wide momentum range down to a few tens of MeV/$c$, the detector will provide particle identification via time-of-flight determination with about 20 ps resolution. In addition, electron and photon identification will be performed in a separate shower detector. The proposed detector is conceived for studies of pp, pA and AA collisions at luminosities a factor of 20 to 50 times higher than possible with the upgraded ALICE detector, enabling a rich physics program ranging from measurements with electromagnetic probes at ultra-low transverse momenta to precision physics in the charm and beauty sector.
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