• DOI:10.1063/1.4802138
• Corpus ID: 118520095

Spin and diffractive physics with a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

@inproceedings{Lorc2012SpinAD,
  title={Spin and diffractive physics with a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)},
  author={C{\'e}dric Lorc{\'e} and Mauro Anselmino and R. Arnaldi and Stanley J. Brodsky and V. Chambert and J-P. Didelez and Elena Gonzalez Ferreiro and Frederic Fleuret and Bernard Genolini and C. Hadjidakis and J.P. Lansberg and A. Rakotozafindrabe and Ph. Rosier and I. Schienbein and E. Scomparin and U. I. Uggerh{\o}j},
  year={2012}
}

• C. Lorcé, M. Anselmino, +13 authors U. Uggerhøj
• Published 3 December 2012
• Physics

We report on the spin and diffractive physics at a future multi-purpose f xed-target experiment with proton and lead LHC beams extracted by a bent crystal. The LHC multi-TeV beams allow for the most energetic f xed-target experiments ever performed, opening new domains of particle and nuclear physics and complementing that of collider physics, in particular that of RHIC and the EIC projects. The luminosity achievable with AFTER using typical targets would surpass that of RHIC by more than 3 orders of magnitude. The f xed-target mode has the advantage to allow for measurements of single-spin asymmetries with polarized target as well as of single-diffractive processes in the target region.