https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146611023
AFTER@LHC: a precision machine to study the interface between particle and nuclear physics
1 IPNO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91406, Orsay, France
2 Dip. di Fisica and INFN Sez. Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, I-10125, Torino, Italy
3 SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
4 Departamento de Física de Partículas, Universidade de Santiago de C., 15782 Santiago de C., Spain
5 Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet, École Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3, 91128 Palaiseau, France
6 IRFU/SPhN, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
7 LPSC, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS/IN2P3/INPG, F-38026 Grenoble, France
8 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark
a e-mai: Jean-Philippe.Lansberg@in2p3.fr
Published online: 20 March 2014
We outline the opportunities to study with high precision the interface between nuclear and particle physics, which are offered by a next generation and multi-purpose fixed-target experiment exploiting the proton and ion LHC beams extracted by a bent crystal.
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